To construct a revised data file, copy it to this directory, changing its name to icudt42l.dat, and then run the following command in this directory: icupkg --add add.txt icudt42l.dat Then copy the new data file back to its source location. Note: If you have built but not installed ICU on the Mac, you will need to do something like this to execute the command: ICU_SOURCE=/Users/danfuzz/down/icu/source DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ICU_SOURCE/lib $ICU_SOURCE/bin/icupkg