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.

You must love the name, but what the software does is far from sultry; it’s a piece of geekware. Anyways, I needed to edit files when I install HOTPANTS, photometric alignment utility by Andrew Becker. Here is my installation note before I forget. ... Continue reading.

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.

I wish to use an external USB drive exclusively on a Linux system (in my case, Debian). I want to use the ext4 filesystem. Note that this method wipes out the filesystem on the drive. Install hotplug-type package such that upon plugging the USB drive in the device is attached to somewhere in the system. ... Continue reading.