Archives for: September 2008
Installing LaTeX on the Mac
September 24th, 2008First you need to get the LaTeX package. It is called MacTeX, is based on texlive and can be found here: http://www.tug.org/mactex/
There are other LaTeX distributions for Mac, and some editors and stuff if you want it. See here:
http://mactex-wiki… more »
Online shopping identity
September 23rd, 2008So I wanted to buy some expensive clothes from agnesb.com. The only designer company whose clothes I like, though their London "flagship store" is dirty and rather unwelcoming and does not have a lot of the clothes in stock.
And online shopping is ch… more »
Installing OpenOffice on Mac OS X 10.5.4
September 19th, 2008Ha! Who needs X11. Just install the native OpenOffice 3.0 Release candidate from http://download.openoffice.org/680/?intcmp=1461 in the usual Mac way. And it actually starts! No need for fancy installation guides, howto's or blog posts... Aaarrr! *
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Installing X11 on Mac OS X 10.5.4
September 18th, 2008Ok I got X11 to work.
The Mac already had an X11 installed but nothing happened when I tried to start it, except from the icon flashing once. When I tried from the command line I got some messages in the terminal that it tried to start an xterm and… more »
Becoming root on your Mac
September 18th, 2008I thought I was going to try to install X11, but I think I have spent quite enough time for today, just figuring out how to become root so I can update my locate database :)
How to enable to root account: http://www.macobserver.com/tip/2008/06/13.1.s… more »