Install Visual Studio 2015 on mac
At the time of this writing, Visual Studio for Mac (preview) is available. If you are trying to install it to a location other than the internal hard drive, see my post here (wasn’t possible at that time).
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Session ‘app’: Error Installing APK
Edit: In newer Android Studio versions you can re-sync the project using this button: For older versions: Open Gradle window (on the right side in Android Studio) and click on the refresh button. However it is not a 100% sure fix. Solutions for other cases: Open terminal window and type “adb kill-server”, then type “adb … Read more
Install tkinter for Python
It is not very easy to install Tkinter locally to use with system-provided Python. You may build it from sources, but this is usually not the best idea with a binary package-based distro you’re apparently running. It’s safer to apt-get install python-tk on your machine(s). (Works on Debian-derived distributions like for Ubuntu; refer to your package manager … Read more
How to install Java 8 on Mac
Oracle has a poor record for making it easy to install and configure Java, but using Homebrew, the latest OpenJDK (Java 14) can be installed with: For the many use cases depending on an older version (commonly Java 8), the AdoptOpenJDK project makes it possible with an extra step. Existing users of Homebrew may encounter Error: Cask adoptopenjdk8 exists … Read more
PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:
Try adding the conda-forge channel to your list of channels with this command:conda config –append channels conda-forge. It tells conda to also look on the conda-forge channel when you search for packages. You can then simply install the two packages with conda install slycot control. Channels are basically servers for people to host packages on and the community-driven conda-forge is usually a … Read more
Missing vc_runtimeminimum_x86.msi and installation won’t work
Go to Control Panel–Programs and Features, uninstall the Visual C++ 2015 Redistribute items. After that, run the tool: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/fix-problems-that-block-programs-from-being-installed-or-removed. Re-run the VS 2017 installer as administrator, then click the icon besides ‘Launch’ and choose ‘Repair’ to repair the VS 2017.
How to install APK from PC?
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html#move
bundle install returns “Could not locate Gemfile”
You just need to change directories to your app, THEN run bundle install 🙂
You don’t have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0 directory. (mac user)
Update: I now have a very detailed step-by-step tutorial for setting up a proper Ruby development environment on a Mac, including a Homebrew troubleshooting section with the most common issues people run into. Although my step-by-step tutorial is guaranteed to work, I also have a script that will save you a lot of time. My tutorial uses a … Read more
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
I am trying to open a program for the first time on Windows XP Pro that uses PostgreSQL 9. I’m getting an error message that says : A problem was encountered while trying to log into or create the production database. Details: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified … Read more