Tag: Software
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Segfault error
Ever end up with messages like these in your Linux system’s system log? (/var/log/messages or journalctl or whatever system log system you’re using)? Apr 1 08:09:27 machinename kernel: ProcessNameThatCrashed[22041]: segfault at 00000000e5c5e000 rip 00000000081473d0 rsp 00000000e5c5aa30 error 4 Ever wonder what that error number means? Well, Raphael Geissert over at Raphael’s blog has a handy…
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Installing Boost on macOS High Sierra (10.13.2)
Assuming you have Homebrew installed already: Launch Terminal “brew install boost” (without the quotes). Notice errors. Try updating brew by doing a ‘brew update’. Failures. Notice by looking at /Users/<userid>/Library/Logs/Homebrew/boost/01.bootstrap.sh that “brew” is at version 0.95 on my machine. Research brew and see it’s on version 1.4.0. Reinstall Brew as though it’s never been installed (even though…
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How I installed IPython on macOS 10.13.1 High Sierra
So I installed IPython today. It was a bit of an adventure, so thought I’d document it here, in case it helps anyone else (including my future self, heh): Installed Python 3.6 (the default, 2.7, included with macOS, isn’t new enough). This puts the “python3” executable on your machine, which you can invoke similarly to…