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Install PIL (Python Imaging Library) in Leopard

hgrimelid — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:09:32 +0000

Installing modules when using pip, virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper is a breeze, but it took some time before I realized what was the easiest way to install PIL.

I do it this way:

pip -E PATH_TO_VIRTUALENV install http://dist.repoze.org/PIL-1.1.6.tar.gz

This installs a slightly repackaged version of PIL. The latest PIL version is 1.1.7, but as far as I know it’s not available in this form.

Exclude several files or directories from tar

hgrimelid — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:08:34 +0000

It’s very useful to be able to exclude certain files or directories when using tar. Here’s how I did in Leopard:

tar czvf FILENAME.tgz --exclude={.svn,wiki*,static} FILES_OR_DIRS_TO_TAR

Passwordless login with MacFusion

hgrimelid — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:28:22 +0000

Put a reference to the private key file in ~/.ssh/config, for example:

IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Source: FAQS.org

Make SSHKeychain work in Leopard

hgrimelid — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:43:03 +0000

Here’s how I set up SSHKeychain on my Mac:

Modify the package content as described
Add stuff to .bashrc/.profile
Add keys to SSHKeychain: Preferences > SSH Keys
Check Manage (and modify) global environment variables (this probably has no effect, ref 2.)

Open Finder for current directory from command line

Håvard Grimelid — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:41:22 +0000

I just learned how to open a Finder window directly from the command line.

open .

Yes, it’s actually that easy, and the open command is quite handy some times. This is from the open man page.

The open command opens a file (or a directory or URL), just as if you had double-clicked the
file’s icon. If no application name is specified, the default application as determined via
LaunchServices is used to open the specified files.

This means that you can actually open anything from the command line with the open command. Go ahead and try it out!