Solve transfig-updateproblem of MacPorts on macOS Sierra
Nach dem Upgrade auf macOS Sierra (10.12) und MacPorts 2.4.1 scheitert sudo upgrade outdated. Das Problem ist der Port transfig. transfig wurde durch fig2dev ersetzt. […]
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Lightroom 6 – Solve Updateproblems – Manual Download
My Update of Lightroom 6 fails with the following error message: Lightroom CC (2015.10.1) / 6.10.1 Installation failed. Error Code: U44M1P7. To solve this and […]
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Install Octave 4 on Mac OS X El Capitan
To install GNU Octave on a Mac is not as easy as on Microsoft Windows® or GNU/Linux.
Ready-to-use App bundles are outdated and/or do not run reliably. The installation with a package manager as MacPorts or Home Brew does not work out-of-the-box.
This How-To describes how to install Octave 4.0.3 with MacPorts (Version 2.3.4) on Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). It shows how to avoid pitfalls and workaround bugs.
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Install DISLIN 10.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus
For the new Ubuntu 20.04-LTS-version Focal Fossa and Dislin 11.3 refer the new article Install DISLIN 11.3 on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa DISLIN is a […]
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Java’s Swing GTK LaF nice and pretty on Ubuntu
In Ubuntu Java apps which use Swing’s GTK Look and Feel (LaF) do not appear as native applications. The menus does not have borders and […]
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Display Java’s Swing menus correctly in Linux Mint’s GTK LaF
Since GTK 3 has been introduced Java Swing applications have a bug in displaying their menus when using the GTK Look and Feel (LaF). At […]
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EXE-files accidentally associated with an application
It is nearly impossible to associate a Windows EXE file to a normal application. The context command “Open with …” is not available for this […]
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Delete Parallels icons from Launchpad
If you activated the wrong option in your Parallels settings your Launchpad is flooded with icons of your virtual machine. In general you do not […]
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Balky calendar entry in iOS
If you connected your iPhone to a Microsoft Exchange Server you are always in sync with e.g. calendar dates. But in very rare situations you […]
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Zemanta’s Related Posts migration to qTranslate-Plus
The Zemanta’s Related Posts WordPress Plug-in works very well with qTranslate. But it does not with qTranslate-Plus. Since the original qTranslate is deprecated many blogger […]
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