Showing posts with label Mac. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mac. Show all posts

Jun 28, 2013

Installing Genymotion for Mac OS X

Problem

After installing Genymotion, it doesn't work. Running the application gives errors and the shell script fails with segment faults.

Symptoms

  • The application fails with the following error: Unable to load VirtualBox engine
  • Accessing any device information from the shell script gives the following error: Segmentation fault: 11

Solution


UPDATE [7/15/13]: in addition to my initial post below, I just found some good information in the Genymotion docs. Not sure how I missed that the first time around. It covers everything in my post and more.

You need to download and install Oracle's VirtualBox from the VirtualBox site. Once this is installed and present in your Applications folder, Genymotion works!

It's easy to miss but on the Genymotion download page, it actually tells you that you need to download this. Of course, in my haste, I completely overlooked the underlined portion below:

Oops! It's also worth noting that I had problems registering on their website--it refused to send me a confirmation email. Once I switched from Chrome to Safari, it worked just fine. Now, I finally have Genymotion working and all is right with the world.

Mar 24, 2012

Slow Mac WiFi but Internet Fine on PC?

Occasionally, my internet gets REALLY slow on my laptop. Then I go use my wife's PC and everything is fine. Since few things are more aggravating than Windows machines working better than Macs, I decided to post this solution so I won't forget it.

Problem

MacBook Pro internet is slow over wifi and ethernet.

Symptoms

  • After opening several tabs, they all show no content--just perpetual spinning
  • Things worked fine for a few seconds, then suddenly, everything is slow
  • You see none of these issues on your Windows machine on the same network
  • You do not have this issue on your mobile phone or tablet, using WiFi

Solution

Add DNS servers in "System Preferences > Network" under the "Advanced" options. By default, my settings were pointing to Comcast. Once I added Open DNS, instead, everything worked fine.


As an added bonus, you can create an account at opendns.com and get some pretty cool features.

Mar 3, 2011

Recovering Lost Data In Safari

While trying to recover lost data typed into a web page on Safari, I stumbled across this forum and one response was worth remembering for later:
"If you wish to open cache.db you'd use the sqlite3 command.
It comes with your mac and it's easy to use if you know SQL.
Open Terminal an type in:
"cd ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari;sqlite3 cache.db".
it'll open up the database and you can type ".tables" to show
the table names  then ".output FILENAME" 
then "select * from TABLENAME;" and it'll output to the
desired file you could do "foo.txt" as the file name. I have
3 tables, cfurl_cache_blob_data, cfurl_cache_schema_version,
cfurl_cache_response, in it so i did the steps three times
starting with the .output command for three separate files..."
This is a handy way to search through your old safari data by dumping everything in a file and then grepping the contents. The exact commands I used to accomplish this were:
cd ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari
sqlite3 cache.db
.output temp.txt
select * from cfurl_cache_blob_data;
It's kind of surprising to see what's actually in your cache! I had no idea that the pages I surf were being stored to this extent. Turned out to be very handy.

But scary.

Other useful commands:

.help
.schema cfurl_cache_blob_data
.exit

May 20, 2010

Uninstall MySQL on Mac OS X (Leopard 10.5 or Snow Leopard 10.6)

Problem

You need to completely remove mysql from your system as easily as possible.

Symptoms

You want to do a clean delete and a fresh install because you don't want to deal with errors such as:
  • MySQL [your version] for Mac OS X can't be installed in this disk. A newer version of this software already exists on this disk.
  • [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
  • [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist

Solution

Execute the following commands that I found here and here:
sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
edit /etc/hostconfig and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.*
Maybe one day, if I'm feeling frisky, I'll come back and write a bash script to remove the MYSQLCOM line auto-magically. Maybe some magic involving sid or awk or something.

May 4, 2010

Install MySQL

I just referenced this section of a file on my laptop because it has direct links and I was too lazy to think through installing mysql. Then, I decided to post it so I can link to it from another post I'm writing. Enjoy.

Installation of MySQL v5.1

  1. Open the Safari browser then go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html
  2. Download the latest version (today it's 5.1.46) either 32 or 64 bit (we use 32)
  3. Note: I recommend the DMG version, instead of the TAR archive because it has a handy pkg that, with one click, sets mysql server to run at startup.
    Snow Leopard (10.6):
    click the "Download" button under Mac OS X ver. 10.6 (x86, 32-bit), DMG Archive
    or
    Leopard (10.5):
    Mac OS X 10.5 (x86, 32-bit), Compressed DMG Archive
  4. On the next screen, you can ignore the login boxes by choosing

    "» No thanks, just take me to the downloads!"

    and select a mirror
  5. Double click on the mysql-5.1.46-osx10.6-x86.dmg file in the window opened by the download.
  6. Click the mysql-5.1.46-osx10.6-x86.pkg file to install mysql
  7. Optionally, once done, double click the "MySQLStartupItem.pkg" to automatically configure your Mac to launch the mysql server on startup
  8. Start the database by entering, /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql –u root –p (no password needed).
  9. NOTE: if you get the error:
    “Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'”
    Then, that means the mysql server is not running. One work-around to solve this problem is to enter a command similar to the following:
    sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe
    (enter your OS X login password, when prompted) Then, open a new terminal window and proceed
  10. List all databases by entering,
    SHOW DATABASES; 
  11. Create a new database,
    CREATE DATABASE myDatabase
  12. where myDatabase is the name of the new database.

  13. Use the database by entering, USE myDatabase
  14. Create a table in the new database by entering
    CREATE TABLE example_table (
             id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
             data VARCHAR(100),
             cur_timestamp TIMESTAMP(8)
           );
  15. Display the table by entering
    SHOW TABLES;
  16. Add a value to the table by entering
    INSERT INTO example_table (data) VALUES (‘the current time is’)
  17. View the all data in the table by entering
    SELECT * FROM example_table;
  18. In order to create users, enter
    CREATE USER ‘userBob’@’localhost’ INDENTIFIED BY ‘s3kr1tP4$$W0RD’;
  19. In order to grant permissions to users for local and remote connections to the database, enter
    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on myDatabase.* TO 'userBob'@’%’

Mar 9, 2010

Install Bugzilla on Mac Pro or MacBook Pro Running OS X 10.5 Leopard or 10.6 Snow Leopard

NOTE: I've added a troubleshooting section at the very bottom to address additional problems I encounter. If you have trouble with installation, check there for great tips.

Bugzilla on a Mac? Installing it shouldn't have been so hard. I guess it wasn't "hard," it was just really, really tedious. Almost, a "throw your laptop out the window" kind of tedious. I should know: I did it twice (installation, that is--not PC homicide). It felt like getting in line for the most crowded ride at Disney, waiting for hours to get to the front, only to arrive and realize it's NOT the front AT ALL--it's just a corner!! And once you turn it, 60 more minutes of wait time smack you in the face!

I guess that's why they invented the "FastPass." Well, lucky for us, each time I installed Bugzilla (on a MacBook Pro and a Mac Pro), I took meticulous notes, which I've summarized, below. Enjoy your FastPass to Bugzilla on a mac:

NOTE: I'd like to credit the blog I followed at Circles of Archimedes titled Installing Bugzilla on Mac OS X Server. It was, by far, the clearest, simplest, most accurate blog I could find on this topic. However, it is geared toward OS X Server and I have a Mac Pro running standard Leopard. Thereby, several steps were different. Much different.

Bugzilla on a Mac/MacBook Pro
(Leopard/Snow Leopard)

These are the exact steps I took to get it to work (twice). Basically, I had to:

then pass out from sleep deprivation. Exact details follow.

Download & Unpack

  1. Download the latest stable release of Bugzilla here http://www.bugzilla.org/download/#stable
  2. Double click the archive file ("bugzilla-3.6.tar.gz" in my case) to unzip/untar it
  3. Move the resulting directory ("bugzilla-3.6" in my case) to /usr/local
  4. Create a symlink in /usr/local
    sudo ln -s bugzilla-3.6 bugzilla
  5. Create symlink in /usr/bin pointing to /usr/local/bugzilla
    cd /usr/bin; sudo ln -s /usr/local/bugzilla bugzilla
    
  6. Do the same in the Apache document root
    cd /Library/WebServer/Documents; sudo ln -s /usr/local/bugzilla bugzilla

Perl

Now it's time to get Perl situated. I'm not a perl guy, so I make no assumptions about your perl knowledge. Just do everything below and it should work.

Identify What's Missing

  1. Run the Bugzilla script to check your Perl setup
  2. cd /Library/WebServer/Documents/bugzilla; sudo ./checksetup.pl --check-modules
  3. Scroll down until you get to a section that looks like this
  4. YOU MUST RUN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS (depending on which database you use): PostgreSQL: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::Pg MySQL: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::mysql Oracle: /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DBD::Oracle COMMANDS TO INSTALL REQUIRED MODULES (You *must* run all these commands and then re-run checksetup.pl): /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl DateTime::TimeZone /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Template /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::Send /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::MIME /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::MIME::Encodings /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl Email::MIME::Modifier

Essentially, these are all the problems (dependencies) you must fix before the bugzilla Perl code can function. I used CPAN to get that done. This is MUCH easier than typing the commands listed above because 1) CPAN exists, natively, on the Mac and 2) it takes care of all the stupid dependencies of dependencies for you! I'm not a Perl guy so maybe there are better ways to do this. All I know is, this worked (twice):

Install Missing Modules

  1. Run CPAN (from an administrator account)
  2. sudo CPAN
  3. If this is your first time using CPAN on your machine, walk through all the configuration options.
  4. The defaults work well. So most times, you can just press enter to select the default option. Toward the end, they'll ask you questions and tell you what the "Typical frequently used setting" is. Generally, I went with their suggestion. For example, when it said:

    Parameters for the 'make install' command?
    
    Typical frequently used setting:
    
    UNINST=1         to always uninstall potentially conflicting files
    
    Your choice:  []

    I typed in "UNINST=1"

  5. When you reach the end, it will prompt the following:
  6. Please enter your CPAN site: []

    After some Googling, I chose a few sites from the mirror list at mirrors.cpan.org to accomplish that I...

    • chose my country and "Show Mirrors" on the side
    • searched for , -5 to find all instances of my timezone
    • grabbed a couple mirrors... used the HTTP sites too, for fun

    This was my output in that section:

    Please enter your CPAN site: [] http://cpan-du.viaverio.com/
    
    Enter another URL or RETURN to quit: [] http://mirrors.ccs.neu.edu/CPAN/
    
    Enter another URL or RETURN to quit: [] ftp://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/CPAN/
    
    Enter another URL or RETURN to quit: [] ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/
    
    Enter another URL or RETURN to quit: []
    
    New set of picks:
    
    http://cpan-du.viaverio.com/
    
    http://mirrors.ccs.neu.edu/CPAN/
    
    ftp://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/CPAN/
    
    ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/
  7. Once CPAN is ready to go, you can begin installing the Perl modules by executing the commands in the section titled, "COMMANDS TO INSTALL REQUIRED MODULES." For example, my commands were
  8. install DateTime::TimeZone
    
    install Template
    
    install Email::Send
    
    install Email::MIME
    

    Note that the last command took care of the other Email dependencies I needed!

  9. After those commands are done, choose a database (we use MySQL) and install it's module
  10. install DBD::mysql
  11. Exit CPAN and re-run the check setup script(step #7, above) to verify that you addressed all required commands
  12. Rejoice, you're almost done!

Apache

This is the part I was telling you about, where it feels like you're at the end of the line . . . only to realize, you've got a ways to go. Next up, is the Apache & MySQL stuff.

One site I read somewhere mentioned that, briefly, Apache will be vulnerable while modifying some of these settings. Ideally, you should turn off your web server, first (sytem preferences -> sharing -> enable web sharing checkbox)--or better yet, disconnect from the internet entirely.

Admittedly, I did neither. I guess I'm a rebel.

  1. Modify your bugzilla localconfig file *NOTE: it seems this file isn't created until checksetup.pl passes
  2. edit:
    
    /usr/local/bugzilla-3.6/localconfig
    
    - set $webservergoup = '_www'
    
    - set $db_pass = 'yourPassword'
    
    
    Obviously, replace 'yourPassword' with a valid password for the 'bugs' user.
  3. Change the owner on all your bugzilla files and symlinks
  4. sudo chown -R _www:_www /Library/WebServer/Documents/bugzilla
    
    sudo chown -R _www:_www /usr/local/bugzilla-3.6
    
    sudo chown -R _www:_www /usr/local/bugzilla
    
  5. Edit your Apache config file
  6. edit:
    
    /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
    
    add the following after the closing tag for <Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents"> (after <Directory>):
    #
    
    # Bugzilla
    
    #
    
    <Directory "Library/WebServer/Documents/bugzilla">
    
    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
    
    Options +Indexes +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks
    
    DirectoryIndex index.cgi
    
    AllowOverride Limit
    
    </Directory>
    
  7. Note that the +FollowSymLinks option needs to be set for this to work.
  8. Also, I had to do something funky to get CGI pages to stop loading as text. I don't have that documented but I believe it's just the +ExecCGI Option, above. I may have needed to load this module in the "LoadModule" section near the top:
  9. LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_cgi.so

MySQL

Now comes the fun with MySQL. Basically, all you need to do is create the bugs database, create the bugs user (with the proper password). Of course, I assume you already have MySQL (if not, follow this post to install MySQL on Mac OS X). Then do the following to configure the bugzilla database:

  1. Run the following SQL (or copy it to a file named bugzilla.sql and run: mysql -u root -p < bugzilla.sql)
  2. use mysql;
    create database if not exists bugs;
    
    CREATE USER 'bugs'@'localhost' identified by 'yourPassword';
    
    CREATE USER 'bugs'@'127.0.0.1' identified by 'yourPassword';
    
    CREATE USER 'bugs'@'%' identified by 'yourPassword';
    
    
    
    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bugs.* TO 'bugs'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
    
    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bugs.* TO 'bugs'@'127.0.0.1' WITH GRANT OPTION;
    
    GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE, LOCK TABLES, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DROP, REFERENCES ON bugs.* TO 'bugs'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;
    FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Obviously, replace 'yourPassword' with a valid password for the 'bugs' user on the database. Also, granting ALL privileges is, of course, probably NOT the best thing to do . . . feel free to restrict the privilages on localhost if you like. I just wanted to be sure it would work. Plus, our DB is only connected to our intranet. Likewise, you don't need to grant privileges to all domains (i.e. the line containing 'bugs'@'%' could be omitted).

Home Stretch

Now that all this is set, and your bugs database has GRANT privileges, run the checksetup.pl script (as administrator) :

sudo /usr/local/bugzilla/checksetup.pl

Once Perl is completely setup, this script sets up your Database tables & data and applies a few other settings. There will be several prompts to respond to but all the answers are straight-forward. Be sure to TAKE NOTE OF WHAT YOU SET YOUR EMAIL/PASS TO! (I forgot mine and it was a hassle)

Bugzilla Settings

By now, all the difficult things are done. The only thing left is to run Bugzilla. So, fire up Apache (sytem preferences -> sharing -> enable web sharing checkbox) and visit the bugzilla directory on your server (for me it's, http://our.server.address/bugzilla) and celebrate!

From there, login at the top and begin setting the required paramaters (namely, urlbase). Here's a quick list of some of the things I typically change on every installation:

  • Required Settings > urlbase > http://our.server.address/bugzilla
  • Bug Fields > usebugaliases > On
  • Bug Fields > defaultpriority > Normal
  • Bug Fields > defaultseverity > Normal
  • Bug Fields > defaultplatform > Macintosh
  • Bug Fields > defaultopsys > Mac OS
  • User Matching > confirmuniqueusermatch > Off

Troubleshooting

Ok. So we upgraded our server to Snow Leopard and, somehow, that impacted the Perl environment thereby messing up Bugzilla. In the process of fixing this issue, I hit SO MANY roadblocks that it prompted me to add this Troubleshooting section--just for my own sanity.

Below, I will organize the bugzilla problems I encountered into Problem/Symptom/Solution sections and link each topic below:

Topics:

Problem

Installation of Email::MIME module failed

Symptom

received the following error:

make test had returned bad status, won't install without force

Solution

The suggestion at the bottom of this forum post recommended running
force install Email::MIME
which, in fact, did forcefully install the module. Whether that's good or bad, I can't say. I did continue looking for the root problem (which was, basically, to find and install all missing modules).

Problem

Problem description: Perl. That's it, just Perl. Perl + Bugzilla = headache

Jokes aside, every issue I've had installing Bugzilla always boils down to deducing the missing Perl module and installing it. Installation is easy. It's the "figuring out which module" part that will get you, every time!

Symptom

received errors during Perl configuration such as:

#   Failed test 'use Email::Send;'
#   at t/foreign-mailer.t line 7.
#     Tried to use 'Email::Send'.
#    Error:  Can't locate Email/Simple.pm in @INC ... 
or
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ...
or
DIED. FAILED tests
or
#     Error:  Attempt to reload Email/MIME.pm aborted.
#     Error:  Base class package "Email::Simple::Creator" is
empty.

Solution

The best process I've found for solving most bugzilla installation errors is:
  1. Open a fresh terminal window
  2. Attempt to install every module required in the "checksetup.pl" script. (run the commands in step 4, above.)
  3. Execute every installation command once, ignoring any errors
  4. Copy all output into a file
  5. I used CPAN, which has it's own shell and thereby wouldn't let me pipe output into a file. So I just chose "Select All > Copy" in that fresh terminal window (in step 1) and pasted it into a temporary file
  6. Grep the file to sift out text related to missing modules
  7. They often generate errors along the lines of

    Error:  Can't locate Email/Simple.pm in @INC (@INC contains ...

    So I used some variation of the following:
    cat tempFile.txt | grep @INC | awk -F"@" '{ print $1 }' which takes the file, pulls out every line with "@INC" in it, then lazily uses awk to split each line around the "@" symbol and print the first segment. This produced crude information on missing modules such as:
    t/19local-win32......Can't locate Params/Validate.pm in 
    t/20local-subclass......Can't locate Params/Validate.pm in 
    t/abstract-msg.......Can't locate Email/Simple.pm in 
    #     Error:  Can't locate Email/Simple.pm in 
    t/classic............Can't locate Email/Simple.pm in 
    t/email-send-test....Can't locate Email/Simple.pm in 
    
  8. Identify statements in a form similar to:

    Params/Validate.pm
    Email/Simple.pm
    Email/Date/Format.pm
  9. Install the corresponding modules:
    sudo CPAN
    install Params::Validate
    install Email::Simple
    install Email::Date::Format
  10. Rerun the installation commands
  11. Run the checksetup.pl script again to verify that the required modules no longer appear in the list
  12. Celebrate!
Typically, this process fixes the problem. I go over the initial output (the temp file created in step 3) with a fine-toothed comb and install everything that seems to be missing. The list above contains everything I installed this time, except YAML (for that just run: install YAML).

Problem

General errors that mention "DateTime" or "Locale"

Symptom

errors such as:

Attempt to reload DateTime.pm aborted
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/
5.10.0/DateTime/Locale/Base.pm line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/
DateTime/Locale.pm line 10.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/
5.10.0/DateTime/Locale.pm line 10.
Compilation failed in require at lib/i486-linux-gnu-thread-
multi/DateTime.pm line 46.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/i486-linux-gnu-thread
-multi/DateTime.pm line 46.

Solution

Many users on this forum found it helpful to run

install DateTime::Locale



Problem

install DBD::mysql fails

Symptom

running the command generates the following error:

Running install for module 'DBD::mysql'
Running make for C/CA/CAPTTOFU/DBD-mysql-4.014.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory /Users/svn/.cpan/
  build/DBD-mysql-4.014-jZi5O8
  '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL' returned status 512, won't make
Running make test
  Make had some problems, won't test
Running make install
  Make had some problems, won't install

Solution

Verify that the command "mysql" works from the terminal. If not, install mysql. Verify that you can connect to mysql as user "root." If not, grant permissions to your root account.

Problem

You need to re-run the initial CPAN setup wizard, for whatever reason (maybe to reset your URL mirror sites)

Symptom

None the URLs you have seem to work, or maybe there's one that needs deleting (in my setup the first one would fail and take like 3 minutes to timeout).

Perhaps, you don't trust your CPAN installation settings and you want to rule that out during troubleshooting (I wanted to rule this out)

Solution

Re-run the initial CPAN setup with the folowing command (note: the first character is an 'o' -- not a bullet):
o conf init
To choose new URLs (or edit existing ones) run:
o conf init urllist
Be sure to commit your configuration after making changes. I believe the command is:
o conf commit


Problem

Need to reset bugzilla admin password

Symptom

The admin password is lost or forgotten

The admin login credentials are lost or fogotten

Another admin account needs to be added (but you can't login)

Solution

This forum post provides lots of help on recovering a forgotten admin password or account.

There are several ways to address this issue

  • run checksetup.pl with the --make-admin option:
  • ./checksetup.pl --make-admin=yourEmail@domain.com
  • copy the profiles.cryptpassword for a known user account to the administrator account, OR add your account to the admin group:
  • SELECT @myusr := userid FROM profiles WHERE login_name="PUT YOUR EMAIL HERE"; 
    SELECT @admin := id FROM groups WHERE name="admin"; 
    INSERT INTO user_group_map (user_id,group_id,isbless,grant_type) VALUES 
    (@myusr,@admin,0,0);
  • Throw your computer out the window
  • That fixes everything.


Problem

Installing DateTime fails with an error mentioning "Singleton"

Symptom

Errors such as:
  • t/37local-add.t ......... Can't locate Class/Singleton.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /Users/svn/.cpan/build/DateTime-0.55-ilncRa/blib/lib /Users/svn/.cpan/build/DateTime-0.55-ilncRa/blib/arch /Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0 /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0 .) at /Library/Perl/5.10.0/DateTime/TimeZone/America/Chicago.pm line 14.
  • BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Library/Perl/5.10.0/DateTime/TimeZone/America/Chicago.pm line 14.
  • t/38local-subtract.t .... Can't locate Class/Singleton.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /Users/svn/.cpan/build/DateTime-0.55-ilncRa/blib/lib /Users/svn/.cpan/build/DateTime-0.55-ilncRa/blib/arch /Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0 /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0 .) at /Library/Perl/5.10.0/DateTime/TimeZone/America/Chicago.pm line 14.
  • BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Library/Perl/5.10.0/DateTime/TimeZone/America/Chicago.pm line 14.
  • Compilation failed in require at (eval 906) line 3.
  • t/41cldr_format.t ....... Can't locate Class/Singleton.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /Users/svn/.cpan/build/DateTime-0.55-ilncRa/blib/lib /Users/svn/.cpan/build/DateTime-0.55-ilncRa/blib/arch /Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0 /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0 .) at /Library/Perl/5.10.0/DateTime/TimeZone/America/Chicago.pm line 14.
  • Result: FAIL
  • Failed 11/43 test programs. 3/2864 subtests failed.

Solution

The Singleton module is missing. For me, this also meant that the DateTime::TimeZone module hadn't been installed (because it depends on Singleton). To solve this, either
  • execute install DateTime::TimeZone
  • and choose [yes] when prompted about the Unsatisfied dependency on Singleton. This will automatically install the missing Singleton module.

    OR

  • execute install Class::Singleton
Whichever solution you use, make sure to run install DateTime and install DateTime::TimeZone to ensure that both of these modules are now installed properly.

Feb 11, 2010

Mac OS X : Open Ports, Network Connections, PIDs

Yesterday, my MacBook Pro was acting VERY strangely. I was hacked! (or so I thought) I feared that some evildoer hacked my home network and ran amuck.

Quickly, I had to figure out what was happening on my network. I wanted to know what ports were open, what connections were live and which applications were using those connections. Finding Linux info was easy. Mac OS X info? Not so much!

After hunting dozens of Google pages, here's what I've come up with:

Check All Network Connections
Run the following shell command to display all network connections:
netstat -an | grep 'LIS\|WAIT\|Recv-Q'

This will show all ESTABLISHED, LISTEN and TIME_WAIT connections and also displays the header for convenience.
Show Processes On Network
The command above is good but it doesn't show you WHO is on those ports. The following allows us to see the PID and Name of each process using the network!
sudo lsof -Pnl +M -i

Note: the first flag is -PNL (the last character is not a one). The first time I ran the lsof command, I couldn't see the ports that were listening. This was my main concern (evildoers love listening on ports). The key is to run this command as root (via sudo). Also note, with the netstat call, you can use egrep 'LIS|WAIT'. Honestly, I haven't gotten around to learning what egrep does. All I know is you don't have to escape the | symbol with egrep.