setting up useful tools in os 10.5

-- install fink (comes with finkcommander), scisoft

-- install sm

read sm.install first!

then run make in the sm2_4_28 directory. then sudo make install in the same directory.

NOTE: as noted in http://geordie.astro.uiuc.edu/mac.html#sm, I need to substitute
XLIB11 = -lX11
for
XLIB11 = -L/USR/X11R6/lib -lX11
in the src/Makefile file to compile sm.

put .sm in home directory.

-- install MacTeX, which includes TeXShop

move texmf to ~/Library

-- next, some steps for x11. following helpful tips given here, I create the following files to put in my home directory:

.xinitrc:
###########################################################
#!/bin/sh

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f $userresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $userresources
fi

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
xrdb -merge $usermodmap
fi

# initialise programs below
# xterm &
# start the window manager

exec quartz-wm
###########################################################

.login:
###########################################################
source /usr/share/tcsh/examples/login
###########################################################

.logout:
###########################################################
source /usr/share/tcsh/examples/logout
###########################################################

.cshrc
###########################################################
setenv TERM xterm-color
setenv CLICOLOR true
setenv LSCOLORS exfxcxdxbxegedabagacad
# set color ls options

source /usr/share/tcsh/examples/rc
# sourced handy defaults

test -r /sw/bin/init.csh && source /sw/bin/init.csh

source /Applications/scisoft/all/bin/Setup.csh

set path=($path . )
###########################################################

in addition I also download Xcode 3.1.2 Developer Tools from
https://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/204/wo/4R4sFKmLiB8s3DbJsyXUK9qgCeq/7.1.17.2.1.3.3.1.1.1.1.0.3.4.3.3.1
and install Developer Tools Essentials and UNIX Development Support

this installs gcc; for gfortran, I download the compiler here

then update x11 to the latest version from xquartz project website

-- ssh: as I'm using a new laptop, I need to create a key, then transport it to the machines I want to connect to. using file sharing to first transfer my new pub key to my old laptop, then use it to transfer the key to the servers I work with.

here and here provide good tips.

the basic idea is, on the local machine, type "ssh-keygen -t dsa", then somehow transport the .ssh/id_dsa.pub key to the server, and append it to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the server.


-- for astronomers, starlink and scisoft are useful collection of tools to have, despite their big sizes