I have an old Unix shell script that requires the use of bmtoa but I am unable to find it on Mac, and there isn't much on how to install it. Is there any way to get it supported on Mac?
bmtoa is an X11 tool, and is installed as part of the XQuartz package.
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I know in MacOS X Terminal, if you use the command "python3", it executes any code written in the Terminal. I want to type some code in the Terminal. Is this possible in any way?
go to https://www.lua.org
click get started, read
If you use Linux or Mac OS X, Lua is either already installed on your
system or there is a Lua package for it. Make sure you get the latest
release of Lua (currently 5.4.2).
Alternatively build it from source
https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/readme.html
Lua 5.3.5 comes on the newer macs or is installed with system updates. Just go to a terminal window and type lua.
I just started using OSX, I am somewhat more familiar with Ubuntu and Fedora. I am trying to install Geany and I was successful in doing so but it isn't recognizing the command. I used homebrew to install it and it is showing that it is available in my applications as Geany.app but I can't seem to find the icon.
There is a native Geany build for MacOS X available to download from the webpage.
To start Geany on MacOS on default the easiest way is to use Cmd + Space and type Geany. For more questions about MacOS I however recommend to check https://apple.stackexchange.com/
Is there any way to run dh_make on Mac OS?
There's no such package as 'dh-make' in macports or brew.
May be there're tools which perform similar operation? Or the only way is to set up package manually? :(
No, dh_make on macs. This is only available for debian based OS.While mac is based on BSD codebase
How do you properly install the open source version of Intel Thread Building Blocks (TBB) on OS X 10.6? The open source version doesn't seem to have a proper install script.
http://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/ver.php?fid=154
I found an easy way to install it:
brew install tbb
Requires Homebrew, which is highly recommended for any Mac user wanting to use various open source tools.
There is a tutorial for using TBB 2.2 on a Mac without MacPorts/Homebrew. Maybe that's of help for you!
I am using MacBook Pro Mac OS 10.5 with related version of XCode. I am new to this development environment. I am learning macports, and I read information about macports from http://www.macports.org/. But I am still confused what macports is after reading information from this site.
I am previous working on Windows and Linux, could anyone let me know what macports is (in easy words) and what is the similar item on Windows/Linux?
thanks in avdance,
George
macports is a way of getting executables and other compiled code installed on your computer without having to work out the details of compiling/linking each apllication.
It is equivalent to a package manager under Linux and other Unicies. There is no direct equivalent under Windows.
It is just a convenient way to install a lot of *nix soft on your mac book. They are installed separately (not overwriting) from binaries/daemons/libs already installed on your mac (by default in folder /opl/local). Also they are much fresher than those installed on your mac.
For example 10.6 ships with bash 3.2, but after running sudo port install bash, you will get version 4.x (to make it your default shell add /opt/local/bin/bash to file /private/etc/shells, run chsh -s /opt/local/bin/bash and reopen terminal).
Note other os x package managers: fink and homebrew (superuser question)