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(Bash) Combine PDFs with Ghostscript - cczona

Fri, 30 May 2008 15:36:24 GMT

There's a GUI tool, called Combine PDF, which purports to do the same thing. But the output loses text searchability. Whereas this method preserves searchability. NOTE: you may need to do 'sudo port install ghostscript' first

(Bash) MacPorts fixer-upper - cczona

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:33:25 GMT

Forces a recalcitrant port to install by *uninstalling* it completely first

(Bash) port (Update outdated ports in macports) - rhockens

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:26:08 GMT

After: sudo port -v selfupdate Update outdated ports with: sudo port upgrade outdated

(Bash) port (Update outdated portfiles) - rhockens

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:23:48 GMT

After installing MacPorts, try running a selfupdate to grab all the latest MacPorts Portfiles (Portfiles contain information about how to install MacPorts software "ports"). You will need to run this command as an administrator, and it requires root access, so you'll need to "sudo": sudo port selfupdate Running MacPorts commands, you can add the -v command for more verbose ("v" for "verbose") output if you'd like more detail about what MacPorts is attempting to do: sudo port -v selfupdate If you are a developer and would like even more specific accounting of what MacPorts is doing, add the -d flag.