Open source software is software whose source code is published and made available to the public, enabling anyone to copy, modify and redistribute the source code without paying royalties or fees. Open source code evolves through community cooperation. These communities are composed of individual ...
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What free or open source software can I use with Mac hardware to verify integrity of every block of a disk where Core Storage is used?
Verification should be nondestructive.
For Mac hardware
There's a possible answer in Super User, but it predates Lion so:
I don't know whether badblocks run from a live CD is applicable where ...
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Do open source licenses restrict Apple's ability to provide a native package manager? [closed]
I realize that there are many useful package managers for OSX (homebrew, macports, fink), but I don't understand why they are not part of the official operating system.
It seems that the App store ...
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brew doctor get warning on opencv
i'm new to mac os x. i read that homebrew is a good packet manager and i have tried it.
i have also read that to install opencv 2.4 i have to follow those steps:
install cmake via homebrew
download ...
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How do I compile vim with the --enable-gui=yes flag on OS X 10.8.2
I'm trying to compile the latest version of vim (7.3.785 as on date) with the --enable-gui option set to yes:
./configure --enable-gui=yes
make
but make fails with several errors (full output). I ...
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How to download pre-built binaries from MacPorts without installing?
I see as of 2.0 MacPorts is hosting pre-built binaries, which it would install by default if licensing is present and compatible. I'm looking for a more current version of rsync than ships by default ...
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How to upgrade the ssh program on OS X 10.6.8?
I would prefer to do this through the command line rather than downloading Macports.
Any help appreciated.
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How to build maccore from source?
I want to build the latest maccore from source.
Problem: I have searched everywhere but can't find any build instructions.
Question: How to build maccore?
I am a Mac newbie but intimate with UNIX.
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Benefit of using MacPorts coreutils instead of stock OS X?
I noticed that MacPorts contains lots of software that are already present as part of a stock Mac OS X installation (I am running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard), such as coreutils, tar, etc.
Is there a benefit ...
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How can I resolve a permission error when installing gnuplot from homebrew?
I am trying to install gnuplot on my mac. after trying brew install gnuplot, I get the following errors:
You must 'brew link lua jpeg' before gnuplot can be installed
And when I try ...
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Is it safe to upgrade all outdated port when upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion?
My Mac running Snow Leopard has several MacPorts based open source software packages installed. Upon the upgrade to Lion, all my ports are listed as outdated.
It's safe to upgrade them en masse?
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How to compile gcc-4.0 on Mountain Lion?
So far I've successfully launched the configure, but when I type make, I get the following error, after some time (there's a lot which compile successfully):
ld: unknown/unsupported architecture ...
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How do I install Intel's ifortran and MKLs on Mac OS X?
I need to install Intel's ifortran and Math Kernel Libraries (MKL) on OS X 10.7 Lion, available (for non-commercial use) here. Has anyone experience in doing so? Or should I rather setup a virtual ...
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Terminal and bash can't start with libiconv error
I just tried to start Terminal.app in Mac OS X 10.6.8, and got the following error:
dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib Referenced
from: /bin/bash Reason: Incompatible ...
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Where can I download the Darwin 12.2.0 source code?
I'm wondering where I can download the source code of the kernel of Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2: Darwin 12.2.0.
I googled it, but its hard to find. And yes, I tried http://www.opensource.apple.com.
...
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How to install and override Vim in Mountain Lion for +ruby +python support?
I want to install and override the current vim version in Mountain Lion due to me needing +ruby & +python support. I am particularly interested in using the brew commands from Homebrew but I ...
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What options exist to restore tab completion using libedit in PSQL on OS X Lion?
It would appear that Apple have managed to get it utterly wrong with libedit again. The version shipped with Lion is apparently broken, and consequently tab completion doesn't work in psql (Discussion ...
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How to build kissmac from source?
When I'm trying to build KisMac from source, I see the next error message:
=== CLEAN NATIVE TARGET KisMac2 OF PROJECT KisMac2 WITH CONFIGURATION Development ===
Check dependencies
[BEROR]error: ...
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Signal Sigabart issue when switching from Viewcontroller to another view controller..using this code [closed]
i've created an app which loads another viewcontroller from main view controller.example from viewcontroller 1 to viewcontroller2...in viewcontroller1 if button is pressed it needs to load ...
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How to compile apps with g77 on OS X Lion?
I am running Mac OS X 10.7.3 (Lion)
I have a problem in using the fortran compiler g77: any program I try to compile, it gives me this message: "g77: installation problem, cannot exec `as"
I've ...
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How can I install ganglia on 10.6 with fink?
I want to install Ganglia on my mac.
I was able to get the configure script to work by installing the following fink packages:
fink install rrdtool rrdtool-dev libconfuse0
And then issuing ...
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Homebrew installed libraries, how do I use them?
I'm a bit confused.
I've installed a bunch of libraries (e.g. vtk, gsl,...) that I need for a c++ project for school. I used homebrew to install them (luckily there were formulas available).
My ...
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What open source video editing software packages are available for the Mac?
What are open source video editing softwares available for the Mac?
I have used Pitivi, AVS on other systems.
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Installing Homebrew on Lion
I am trying to install Homebrew on Lion but keep getting an error.
$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"
I run the above code, which results in:
==> This script ...
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Installing gnuplot (or similar) on Lion
All the packages needed to install gnuplot through MacPorts on Lion succeed, except for aquaterm.
Installing gnuplot through Fink is far less lucky on Lion. Fink bails out after only a third of the ...
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How can I report security vulnerabilities for open source OSX applications?
In the event of finding a security vulnerability in the Linux world, the procedure involved would be to report the vulnerability...
...to the developers or the maintainers of the package in a ...
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Batch conversion of xlsx to xls via CLI?
I'm trying to convert a bunch of xlsx files to xls (because some other software<cough>matlab<cough> can process xls but not xlsx on the mac).
I've tried unoconv but it has issues (which ...
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What are some good open source text editors on Mac OS X? [closed]
I just recently switched from Windows and I must say that as much as I'm satisfied with the whole OS, I'm disappointed by the text editors so far (I've tried TextMate and BBEdit). So I figured I would ...
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Gnu-info page exists, but is visible from neither emacs nor terminal
After installing gnuplot on Lion using 'brew gnuplot', the gnuplot info page appears at /usr/local/Cellar/gnuplot/4.4.3/share/info/gnuplot.info
But in the info index page (M-x info) in emacs, I see ...
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Which command-line packages do you need? [closed]
I generally have one of Fink, MacPorts, Homebrew installed. Most often for a single, small, and trivial package. I've found that all my day-to-day software exists in OS X versions.
So, which non-OS X ...
