If you find yourself disoriented by the new Mac® environment, Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks will get you acclimated quickly to the foreign new areas of a familiar Unix® landscape. The new edition of this book is your guide to figuring out the BSD Unix system and Panther-specific components that you may find challenging. This concise book will ease you into the Unix innards of Mac OS® X Panther, covering such topics as:The book wraps up with a quick manpage-style reference to the "Missing Manual Pages" --commands that come with Mac OS X Panther, although there are no manpages.
- A quick overview of the Terminal application, including Terminal alternatives like iTerm and GLterm
- Understanding Open Directory (LDAP) and NetInfo
- Issues related to using the GNU C Compiler (GCC)
- Library linking and porting Unix software
- An overview of Mac OS X Panther's filesystem and startup processes
- Creating and installing packages using Fink and Darwin Ports
- Building the Darwin kernel
- Using the Apple® X11 distribution for running X Windows® applications on top of Mac OS X
Author Brian Jepson Publisher O'Reilly Media Publication Date 2003-12-01 Binding Paperback ISBN 0596006071 Number Of Pages 240 Sales Rank 1381092
