{"id":58,"date":"2010-05-28T11:32:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T09:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ken.friislarsen.net\/blog\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2010-08-05T14:07:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T12:07:10","slug":"software-on-my-mac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ken.friislarsen.net\/blog\/software-on-my-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Software on my Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a list of the software that I use on my Mac, and have installed by myself, that is it wasn&#8217;t something that came with Mac.<\/p>\n<p>The list is primarily for me, so that I can remember what to install when I get a new machine. But it also serve as a list of recommendations. Thus, if you think I need something on the list add a comment or send me a mail.<\/p>\n<p>###XCode<br \/>\nFind your copy on the DVD that came with your Mac, or download from Apple. A machine without a C compiler is a sad machine. I don&#8217;t care much about the GUI parts of XCode, but the trusted command line tools are needed for Macports.<\/p>\n<p>###Macports<br \/>\n  * First thing to install (morally) is macports. Download it from: <http:\/\/www.macports.org\/install.php><\/p>\n<p>  * Your first port to install should be `bash-completion`:<\/p>\n<p>        $ sudo port install bash-completion<\/p>\n<p>    Then you need to configure `bash-completion`<\/p>\n<p>    * Add the following to your `.profile` (found in your home directory)<\/p>\n<p>            # bash-completion<br \/>\n            if [ -f \/opt\/local\/etc\/bash_completion ]; then<br \/>\n               . \/opt\/local\/etc\/bash_completion<br \/>\n            fi<\/p>\n<p>    * And to make sure to install bash completions for future packages installed via macports add the following line to the file `\/opt\/local\/etc\/macports\/variants.conf`:<\/p>\n<p>            + bash_completion<\/p>\n<p>    See <http:\/\/trac.macports.org\/wiki\/howto\/bash-completion> for the full story.<br \/>\n  * I have (at least) the following ports (variants indicated with plus) installed:<\/p>\n<p>           git-core +svn<br \/>\n           mercurial<br \/>\n           emacs-app<br \/>\n           ocaml<br \/>\n           erlang<br \/>\n           gimp2 +quartz +no_x11<br \/>\n           inkscape +quartz +no_x11<\/p>\n<p>    Warning `gimp2` and `inkscape` ports will pull in an awfull lot of dependencies. <\/p>\n<p>###Firefox<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/www.mozilla-europe.org\/en\/firefox\/><br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m using the following add-ons:<\/p>\n<p>  + [Sync](http:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/sync\/) (formally known as Weave)<br \/>\n  + [Greasemonkey](http:\/\/www.greasespot.net\/) (direct [addon<br \/>\n  link](https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/748\/)<br \/>\n  + [After the Deadline &#8211; Spell and Grammar Checker](https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/58947\/)<\/p>\n<p>###Thunderbird<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/www.mozillamessaging.com\/en-GB\/thunderbird\/><\/p>\n<p>###Dropbox<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/dropbox.com><br \/>\nLet me know if you want an extra 250MB when you sign up for the free 2GB account, then I&#8217;ll send you an invitation. Or just use [this referal link](https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/referrals\/NTE3NDY5MTk).<\/p>\n<p>###Adium<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/adium.im\/><br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m using the following from Adium Xtras:<\/p>\n<p>  * [Color Adiumy Menubar Reborn](http:\/\/www.adiumxtras.com\/index.php?a=xtras&#038;xtra_id=4497)<\/p>\n<p>  * [Skype](http:\/\/adiumxtras.com\/index.php?a=xtras&#038;xtra_id=5011)<\/p>\n<p>###Skype<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/www.skype.com\/><\/p>\n<p>###iStat menus<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/bjango.com\/apps\/istatmenus\/><\/p>\n<p>###FileZilla<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/><\/p>\n<p>###Transmission (BitTorrent Client)<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/www.transmissionbt.com><\/p>\n<p>###Haskell platform<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/hackage.haskell.org\/platform><\/p>\n<p>###Eclipse<\/p>\n<p>Available from <http:\/\/eclipse.org>.  I got the Eclipse Classic download for Mac Cocoa 64bit.<\/p>\n<p>###Calibra<\/p>\n<p>I use [Calibra](http:\/\/calibre-ebook.com) to manage my e-books. It is better than the program provided by Sony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a list of the software that I use on my Mac, and have installed by myself, that is it wasn&#8217;t something that came with Mac. The list is primarily for me, so that I can remember what to install when I get a new machine. 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