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Scilab 5.5.2 running on macOS Sierra

Posted on Saturday July 1st, 2017

After the upgrade to macOS Sierra (10.12) Scilab 5.5.2 did not start and displayed the following error message: This version on Scilab will probably fail […]

German Posts, English Posts, macOS, Scilab

Lightroom 6 – Solve Updateproblems – Manual Download

Posted on Sunday June 25th, 2017

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 […]

German Posts, English Posts, Photo, How Tos, macOS, Windows

Install Octave 4 on Mac OS X El Capitan

Posted on Sunday August 14th, 2016

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Ready-to-use App bundles are outdated and/or do not run reliably.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.

German Posts, English Posts, How Tos, macOS, Octave

Install DISLIN 10.6 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus

Posted on Saturday June 4th, 2016

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 […]

English Posts, Fortran, GNU/Linux, How Tos, Programming, Ubuntu

Java’s Swing GTK LaF nice and pretty on Ubuntu

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2015

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 […]

German Posts, English Posts, GNU/Linux, How Tos, Java, Ubuntu

ShowAllPorts – RS-232 Portlister

Posted on Monday July 27th, 2015

GPS Logger, measuring devices and similar instruments are connected via serial cable to a computer. To find out the correct device name is cumbersome. ShowAllPorts […]

Java, Software

Using one Lightroom catalog on Mac and PC

Posted on Monday February 3rd, 2014

Adobe allows to install Lightroom on two computers independently of the platform. You can install Lightroom on a MacBook and on a Windows-PC without breaking […]

German Posts, English Posts, Photo, How Tos, macOS, Windows

Install Ethernet driver on FreeNAS/NAS4Free (embedded)

Posted on Tuesday January 1st, 2013

FreeNAS supports the appropriate hardware of the FreeBSD-Version where FreeNAS is based on. But sometimes it is necessary to install a third-party or a self-compiled […]

German Posts, English Posts, How Tos, NAS, Network

Install Ethernet driver on FreeNAS/NAS4Free (full-install)

Posted on Tuesday December 29th, 2009

(Deutsch) FreeNAS unterstützt nativ die jeweilige Hardware, der eingesetzten FreeBSD-Version, auf die es basiert. Eine Übersicht findet man auf der Compatible Hardware Lists. Trotzdem kann es Produkte geben, für die FreeBSD keine Treiber anbietet.

Dieses How-To beschreibt, wie auch unerfahrene Unix-Anwender einen Netzwerkadaptertreiber auf FreeNAS installieren. Als Grundlage dient hier FreeNAS 0.69.2 (Muad’Dib), das auf FreeBSD 6.4 basiert.

German Posts, English Posts, How Tos, NAS, Network