Tag Archives: OS X

Mounting an ext4 Partition over NFS on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Taro

The title says it all.  I want to use a USB drive formatted with ext4 on Snow Leopard.  I mostly use the drive with Linux but sometimes I wish to mount it on my iMac at work to transfer a … Continue reading →

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Installing MacTeX on OS X Snow Leopard

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Taro

I was looking for TeX Live distribution for OS X, and MacTeX appears to be the one. The installation is very easy.  Just download a mpkg.zip file, decompress, and click on .mpkg to start the usual OS X install procedure.  … Continue reading →

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python-mode.el for Emacs

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Taro

On Debian, you can simply install the package “python-mode,” but this describes the manual method. For OS X (I currently use Snow Leopard), I can install the python-mode package via FinkCommander. First, download python-mode.el and place it under ~/.emacs.d (create … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Taro

I don’t really need to tweak much for the MS keyboard to work with Snow Leopard, as it will be detected and configured automatically.  However, I’m not used to the Mac keyboard bindings, though I can live with it as … Continue reading →

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Installing GFortran on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Taro

Installing from GFortran Wiki (My Current Preferred Way) GCC Wiki has a link to Mac OS X installer.  As the command gfortran will be installed at /usr/local/gfortran and causes less interferences with other libraries and software, this is my preferred … Continue reading →

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Installing SExtractor on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Taro

(November 25, 2010) I screwed up SExtractor installation for no reason and in an attempt to fix it, I’ve found a few things.  After wasting a few hours again, I think this installation note can work for most people who … Continue reading →

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Installing ATLAS on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Taro

Installing from Fink Do: $ fink install atlas atlas-shlibs That’s it.  They will be installed under /sw/lib. Installing from Source (Recommended if Building Other Software That Depends on ATLAS) First of all, I need a FORTRAN compiler, so install it.  … Continue reading →

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Installing Squid Proxy Server on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Taro

My goal is to set up a very basic proxy server on my Mac box on campus, so that I can have full access to subscription-based academic journals via the proxy on my laptop even when I am off campus.  … Continue reading →

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Installing FFTW on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Taro

No FORTRAN compiler appears to be included in Xcode, so I need to install it if I haven’t done so.  I installed GFortran.  In the configure statement below, set F77 to gfortran. Installing from Fink For FFTW version 3.x, do: … Continue reading →

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Installing SExtractor 2.8.6 on Mac OS X Leopard

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Taro

NOTE: This is an old article and there is a newer one which I believe is more thorough.  Please read that one instead. This was yet another painful experience trying to find out the best way to compile software with … Continue reading →

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