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Installing Debian Squeeze from Hard Disk

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: sysadmin Linux

Unfortunately the Debian installer does not work on my Dell desktop box. I still wanted to do a fresh install of Squeeze, and the only sensible option for me was to install off hard disk. I have been having the same issue for several months and I have not been able to solve it myself, and nobody responds to my bug report; however, this hard drive method may work well even if I have a working install USB stick/CD media. ... Continue reading.

Installing F.lux on Debian Squeeze

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: sysadmin Linux

In another feeble attempt to become a “morning person,” I’ve decided to follow the usual advice that I should not be looking at bright LCD screen at night to help myself going into the “sleep mode.” Hence F.lux. I want it to launch automatically at the start of a KDE session. ... Continue reading.

Installing Kindle for PC on Debian Squeeze

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: sysadmin Linux Windows

I sometimes want to run Kindle for PC on Wine. Amazon is so lame that they don’t even bother making a native Linux version of this software! Here is the procedure. Move to a temporary directory and do: sudoaptitudeinstallwinelib32nssmdnscabextractbzip2 wget http://www. ... Continue reading.

Installing Debian Squeeze (AMD64) on Lenovo T410s

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: Linux sysadmin

So far the only thing that I do not like about T410s is its short battery life. I can only get 2 to 3 hours out of “standard” usage. Hopefully this will improve as I tweak things more. To Begin With: A Problem Unfortunately I had a major issue with my T410s recently (November 17, 2010). ... Continue reading.

Installing ATLAS on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: sysadmin OS X

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. I recommend using the Mac installer from the GCC Wiki site, so that GFortran won’t end up having hard-to-track-down dependencies. ... Continue reading.

Installing GFortran on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: OS X sysadmin

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 interference with other libraries and software, this is my preferred way. ... Continue reading.

Installing SExtractor on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: astro sysadmin OS X

(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 can actually build software from source… I think the usefulness of this note will be limited though, as a new release of SExtractor appears imminent. ... Continue reading.

Installing Squid Proxy Server on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: sysadmin OS X

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. Some schools provide such (library) proxies but my school unfortunately does not. ... Continue reading.

Customizing & Installing Linux Kernel on Debian Squeeze

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: Linux sysadmin

Here is a quickie for customizing and install Linux kernel 2.6.x on Squeeze. Install some packages and kernel source: sudoaptitudeupdate sudo aptitude install kernel-package bzip2 g++ libqt3-mt-dev libncurses5-dev sudo fakeroot If you do not belong to group “src”, add yourself to the group as we work under /usr/src: ... Continue reading.