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This page contains useful information for Macintosh users. Please do feel free to add content! | This page contains useful information for Macintosh users. Please do feel free to add content! | ||
== X Windows == | |||
Make sure you install the latest version of http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki because the X11 shipped with OS X Leopard is not as updated as this one. | |||
== LaTeX == | == LaTeX == | ||
Suggested package: http://www.tug.org/mactex | Suggested package: http://www.tug.org/mactex | ||
Related software: | |||
* For creating LaTeX equations on-the-fly (e.g., drag-and-drop to a presentation): http://ktd.club.fr/programmation/latexit_en.php | |||
== Python == | == Python == | ||
Suggested package: http://www.python.org/download | Suggested package: http://www.python.org/download (the standard one) | ||
To install python modules in the user account follow these steps: | To install python modules in the user account follow these steps: | ||
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export PYTHONPATH=~/Library/python/lib/python | export PYTHONPATH=~/Library/python/lib/python | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Make sure you check the [[Python resources]] page in this mediawiki. | |||
== UNIX software == | |||
Suggested package: http://www.macports.org | |||
== Emacs == | |||
Suggested package: http://aquamacs.org | |||
== GIMP == | |||
Suggested package: http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html | |||
Revision as of 19:44, 9 March 2009
This page contains useful information for Macintosh users. Please do feel free to add content!
X Windows
Make sure you install the latest version of http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki because the X11 shipped with OS X Leopard is not as updated as this one.
LaTeX
Suggested package: http://www.tug.org/mactex
Related software:
- For creating LaTeX equations on-the-fly (e.g., drag-and-drop to a presentation): http://ktd.club.fr/programmation/latexit_en.php
Python
Suggested package: http://www.python.org/download (the standard one)
To install python modules in the user account follow these steps: (this is an example where modules are installed in ~/Library/python, adapt accordingly)
- create a file named ~/.pydistutils.cfg containing
[install] home=~/Library/python
- add the following line to ~/.profile
export PYTHONPATH=~/Library/python/lib/python
Make sure you check the Python resources page in this mediawiki.
UNIX software
Suggested package: http://www.macports.org
Emacs
Suggested package: http://aquamacs.org
GIMP
Suggested package: http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Download.html