Archives for: September 2008

Installing LaTeX on the Mac

September 24th, 2008
First 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, 2008
So 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, 2008
Ha! 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! * *… more »

Installing X11 on Mac OS X 10.5.4

September 18th, 2008
Ok 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, 2008
I 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 »