I have been trying to delete some Python packages, and found the path for them in the Terminal, and it gave me /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages, but for some reason I went into Library in my Finder and Frameworks wasn't there.
You're looking at your user Library (~/Library), not your system library where python is installed (/Library).
In Finder, press ⌘shiftG and then enter /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages, but it's probably best to just uninstall your packages completely and correctly.
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I failed to understand the INSTALL.md file. I know few programming knowledge. I appreciate anyone can give me a thorough explanation or instruction.
The software I wanna install is https://sourceforge.net/projects/scidavis/
Information in INSTALL.md
Mac OS X - MacPorts instructions
These notes refer to use MacPorts. Using other build environments such
as HomeBrew is presumably equally as viable, but you may need to hack
the config files a bit.
Install MacPorts.
Install XCode and XCode command line
tools
If you want to be able to run your build on an earlier version of
MacOSX than your build machine, see How to build a Macintosh
executable that will run on older versions of
MacOSX.
Install the prerequisites for scidavis.
port install qt4-mac qwt52 qwtplot3d boost gsl py27-pyqt4 py-pyqwt py27-sip muparser
Sadly, you may need to do this step multiple times before eveything
is installed
link sip-2.7 share directory to where sip expects it to be:
ln -sf /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/share/sip /opt/local/share/py27-sip
Add qt's bin directory to your PATH
PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/libexec/qt4/bin:$PATH
Configure scidavis
qmake CONFIG+=osx_dist
Build scidavis
make qmake
make
Create the installable package
sh mkMacDist.sh
Thanks in advance
If you are trying to install a tar.gz files you must first run gunzip on the file. gunzip filename. This should give you a .tar file. To open the tar file run: tar -x filename.tar.
NOTE: if you're trying to install a unix executable, it's sometimes easier to use homebrew. Search the internet for the application you're trying to install and the term homebrew, and it might bring up a page on homebrew and give you a simple install command which you can run in the mac terminal.
Steps to install tar.gz on macOS
Double click it the tar.gz file open it
Its contents (e.g. directories/files it contained) should appear in the same directory the tar.gz file is in (to prevent clutter, consider placing the tar.gz file in a new, empty directory before double clicking on it)
One of the new files might be a unix executable that looks like this:
Open another finder window (command + n), navigate to this location /usr/local/bin, and place the executable file you found in the previous step in this new location (you can do this using the mac terminal if you prefer - here's a random example showing show)
At this point, open a new terminal tab, and type the name of the program (the file you moved in steps 4), terminal should recognise the program. However, if you see this there is one more step:
Go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General tab. Click the lock icon, type password if it asks for it, and then click on 'Allow'.
I use a 64-bit Windows 10 machine. I was trying to install Anaconda by following the steps mentioned on this DataCamp page. I was expecting a .exe file, instead, I got a .pkg file. I don't know how to open the .pkg file. I could see .exe files in Anaconda's archive. Not sure which one to download. Any help?
I had the same issue. You have to choose windows option cos it does not automatically detect you system. The default selected is for mac OS and thus it will download the pkg version. Its after downloading that I found out and had to redownload it.
Its really a poor web design, since the options don't really appear as options (they appear as saying anaconda is available in all these platforms) and are visibly in another section.
By default the anaconda website will set the option to MAC OS(.pkg is MAC extension) change and download by windows it works!
Anaconda often downloads the pkg version for Macs. If using windows you might want the .exe version. Make sure you click Windows on the main page to download that installer. You can also go here: https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/
Find the .exe version for windows - download it and install it.
Please help me interwebs.
I'm having trouble getting my xamarin app to work. I've done a reinstall of Mac OS X and installed Xamarin using the installer, which adds mono and all the rest of it.
Now when I open up terminal and type which mono i get
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/mono
...which is what I expect.
But when I navigate to that place (again in terminal) there's nothing there.
From my root folder I go "cd System/Library/Frameworks " and then hit ls and I get a looooong list of installed frameworks but no Mono.framework.
If I go to Apple > About this Mac > System Report > Frameworks Mono IS listed. I can execute Mono commands on the command line. If I look in paths.d the specified path for mono is /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/mono but I can't find that location so how is it even a thing?
My linux skills are not great, can anyone please help me understand what's going on here?
I think you are looking in the 'wrong' Library folder. There are a few different Library folders. There is one under the Disk Drive (root) directory, one under the User directory, one under the System directory. I think they are all hidden by default. So you need to set your folder/view options explicitly to show the Library folder since it might be hidden by default. The directory you are looking for is directly under you Disk Drive (root).
Terminal returned "installation successful" but when searching for the folder Library/Applications Support/SIMBL it does not exist.
Does it mean it wasn't installed? Will I have to uninstall it or can I try to install it again as it is.
No errors were ever returned.
It's possible you were looking in the user library instead of the global library folder.
~/Library vs /Library
You should uninstall SIMBL and install mySIMBL*.
The original SIMBL has not been functional since Apple implemented System Integrity Protection.
* I am the developer of mySIMBL
I have researched this and found answers on SO on this topic yet remain confused.
Trying to get started with Git. I'm new to shell scripting too so hopefully after this I'll be more familiar with it.
I'm reading this page about how to get up and running with Git: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-Installing-Git
I created a directory on my desktop called "git" and navigated to it in the terminal. With my level of experience in shell scripting this was a victory. Then, following a blog post on how to download fromt he terminal ran this command:
curl -O http://git-scm.com/download
That worked, or at least a new file was added to the "git" directory that I created.
Reading down the instructions one is told that "To install Git, you need to have the following libraries that Git depends on: curl, zlib, openssl, expat, and libiconv"
OK. Um. How? I did read some blog posts and SO answers on how to do this but failed. The first one for example - type zlib and hit enter - command not found? How do I either check if it's already installed or how do I install it? What about the others?
I tried following this blog post: http://www.neuraladvance.com/using-open-source-libraries-on-mac-os-x.html
I typed:
./configure
make
sudo make install
Wasn't even sure what to expect. The first two commands said not found the last one asked me for a password.
I then tried ./configure --help
Was then told "No such file or directory"
Needless to say I don't know what to do next. How do I install the libraries on a Mac using the terminal? curl, zlib, openssl, expat, and libiconv
I'm pretty sure all those libraries are preinstalled on your Mac.
If not, installing Xcode (free on the AppStore) would do the trick.
Xcode actually comes with git (but not the latest version) so if you install Xcode you don't need to install git separately.
To answer your question more generally, you might want to install Homebrew.
It's a command line tool to install software and libraries and it's pretty easy to use.
It's great that you are discovering the shell. You should read some tutorials for beginners. If you like it, you will learn very fast and in a few weeks, you will understand exactly why the command you tried didn't work. Have fun learning!
As Simon suggested you should install Xcode, however the CLI tools are not installed automatically. They must be downloaded through Xcode's, preferences. In Preferences click the Downloads tab then install next to Command Line Tools.
If any of the required tools are not automatically installed with Xcode, Homebrew is a great, easy to use, utility that can install nearly any UNIX or Linux command with the following syntax:
brew install <SomeAppName>
The Homebrew website has easy to follow instructions for setting it up initially. So if anything you need is missing try using that.
In Xcode 5, to download Command Line Tools, choose Open Developer Tool under "Xcode", then More Developer Tools> from the sub Menu. This takes you to an Apple web page - you'll need a Developer username/password to get to the Downloads page.
Choose the right CLT for your system, download and install from the dmg/pkg.