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Category Archive for 'MacPorts'

MacPorts Under Mac OS X Leopard

Posted in Leopard, MacPorts on Apr 18th, 2008

Put simply, MacPorts makes software installation easier under Mac OS X. As you may know by now, I prefer to compile from source important software packages, like those used to create the servers accessed by untrusted sources. That software should be customized to the operating system, environment, and requirements of the organization. [...]

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An Apache Implementation

Posted in Apache, Mac OS X, MacPorts, References on Apr 14th, 2008

“Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.” — William Faulkner

In honor of ApacheCon Europe, held this past week, we will be going over a very basic implementation of an Apache web server. Ivan Ristic, [...]

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Installing Packages under MacPorts

Posted in Mac OS X, MacPorts, Work Completed on Jun 17th, 2007

“If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it’s done.” –Scott Adams

Today, I did some hacking. Not as in “hacking into systems,” but as in “hacking to get things to work.” Sometimes in life things do not work as they should and you just have [...]

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