You have mail. (that you don't want from openssl)

Summary

Do you see the You have mail. when you open your terminal?

And do you see this in your mail? (in /private/var/mail/`whoami`)

WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/etc/openssl/openssl.cnf

If so, then perhaps your openssl is misconfigured.

Prevent the unwanted "You have mail." message by configuring your mac to use the brew installed version of openssl.

First, check which version of openssl you are running:

$ openssl version
OpenSSL 0.9.8za 5 Jun 2014

Next, backup stock version of openssl:

sudo mv /usr/bin/openssl /usr/bin/openssl_v0.9.8za

Now, install openssl using brew:

brew uninstall openssl
brew prune
brew cleanup
sudo brew install openssl

Then, make brew's openssl the system default:

sudo ln -s `find /usr/local/Cellar/openssl -name openssl| grep \/bin` /usr/bin/openssl

And verify that the openssl you are running is from brew:

$ openssl version -a
OpenSSL 1.0.1j 15 Oct 2014
built on: Fri Oct 17 21:14:05 BST 2014
platform: darwin64-x86_64-cc
options:  bn(64,64) rc4(ptr,char) des(idx,cisc,16,int) idea(int) blowfish(idx)
compiler: clang -fPIC -fno-common -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB_SHARED -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -arch x86_64 -O3 -DL_ENDIAN -Wall -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAES_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DBSAES_ASM -DWHIRLPOOL_ASM -DGHASH_ASM
OPENSSLDIR: "/usr/local/etc/openssl"

Create openssl.cnf File

Lastly, if you want to prevent the "WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/etc/openssl/openssl.cnf" message, you may need to create that file.

Here's one that should work:

#
# OpenSSL configuration file.
#
 
# Establish working directory.
 
dir     = .
 
[ ca ]
default_ca    = CA_default
 
[ CA_default ]
serial     = $dir/serial
database    = $dir/certindex.txt
new_certs_dir    = $dir/certs
certificate    = $dir/cacert.pem
private_key    = $dir/private/cakey.pem
default_days    = 3650
default_md    = md5
preserve    = no
email_in_dn    = no
nameopt     = default_ca
certopt     = default_ca
policy     = policy_match
 
[ policy_match ]
countryName    = match
stateOrProvinceName   = match
organizationName   = match
organizationalUnitName   = optional
commonName    = supplied
emailAddress    = optional
 
[ req ]
default_bits    = 1024   # Size of keys
default_keyfile    = key.pem  # name of generated keys
default_md    = md5    # message digest algorithm
string_mask    = nombstr  # permitted characters
distinguished_name   = req_distinguished_name
req_extensions    = v3_req
 
[ req_distinguished_name ]
# Variable name    Prompt string
#-------------------------   ----------------------------------
0.organizationName   = Organization Name (company)
organizationalUnitName   = Organizational Unit Name (department, division)
emailAddress    = Email Address
emailAddress_max   = 40
localityName    = Locality Name (city, district)
stateOrProvinceName   = State or Province Name (full name)
countryName    = Country Name (2 letter code)
countryName_min    = 2
countryName_max    = 2
commonName    = Common Name (hostname, IP, or your name)
commonName_max    = 64
 
# Default values for the above, for consistency and less typing.
# Variable name    Value
#------------------------   ------------------------------
0.organizationName_default  = My Company
localityName_default   = My Town
stateOrProvinceName_default  = State or Providence
countryName_default   = US
 
[ v3_ca ]
basicConstraints   = CA:TRUE
subjectKeyIdentifier   = hash
authorityKeyIdentifier   = keyid:always,issuer:always
 
[ v3_req ]
basicConstraints   = CA:FALSE
subjectKeyIdentifier   = hash

Note that I made the certificate life 10 years. The rest is standard stuff.

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How to Install Any Version of Node and NPM on OSX

Summary

Have the need to downgrade your Node and NPM installations?

If so, here's how I downgraded node from v0.10.33 to v0.10.26 and npm from 2.1.9 to 1.3.6.

Run these commands

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules
echo prefix=~/.node >> ~/.npmrc
brew uninstall node
cd /usr/local
brew versions node|grep 0.10.26   # << this shows the git commit id (bae051d)
git checkout 0901e77 Library/Formula/node.rb
brew unlink node
brew install node
curl -L https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh|pbcopy
# This is when I created the install-npm-1.3.6.sh file
chmod +x install-npm-1.3.6.sh
install-npm-1.3.6.sh
ln -s `which npm` $HOME/.node/bin/npm

Created install-npm-1.3.6.sh File

Replace "latest" text with "1.3.6"

#!/bin/sh

# A word about this shell script:
#
# It must work everywhere, including on systems that lack
# a /bin/bash, map 'sh' to ksh, ksh97, bash, ash, or zsh,
# and potentially have either a posix shell or bourne
# shell living at /bin/sh.
#
# See this helpful document on writing portable shell scripts:
# http://www.gnu.org/s/hello/manual/autoconf/Portable-Shell.html
#
# The only shell it won't ever work on is cmd.exe.

if [ "x$0" = "xsh" ]; then
  # run as curl | sh
  # on some systems, you can just do cat>npm-install.sh
  # which is a bit cuter.  But on others, &1 is already closed,
  # so catting to another script file won't do anything.
  curl -s https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh > npm-install-$$.sh
  sh npm-install-$$.sh
  ret=$?
  rm npm-install-$$.sh
  exit $ret
fi

# See what "npm_config_*" things there are in the env,
# and make them permanent.
# If this fails, it's not such a big deal.
configures="`env | grep 'npm_config_' | sed -e 's|^npm_config_||g'`"

npm_config_loglevel="error"
if [ "x$npm_debug" = "x" ]; then
  (exit 0)
else
  echo "Running in debug mode."
  echo "Note that this requires bash or zsh."
  set -o xtrace
  set -o pipefail
  npm_config_loglevel="verbose"
fi
export npm_config_loglevel

# make sure that node exists
node=`which node 2>&1`
ret=$?
if [ $ret -eq 0 ] && [ -x "$node" ]; then
  (exit 0)
else
  echo "npm cannot be installed without node.js." >&2
  echo "Install node first, and then try again." >&2
  echo "" >&2
  echo "Maybe node is installed, but not in the PATH?" >&2
  echo "Note that running as sudo can change envs." >&2
  echo ""
  echo "PATH=$PATH" >&2
  exit $ret
fi

# set the temp dir
TMP="${TMPDIR}"
if [ "x$TMP" = "x" ]; then
  TMP="/tmp"
fi
TMP="${TMP}/npm.$$"
rm -rf "$TMP" || true
mkdir "$TMP"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "failed to mkdir $TMP" >&2
  exit 1
fi

BACK="$PWD"

ret=0
tar="${TAR}"
if [ -z "$tar" ]; then
  tar="${npm_config_tar}"
fi
if [ -z "$tar" ]; then
  tar=`which tar 2>&1`
  ret=$?
fi

if [ $ret -eq 0 ] && [ -x "$tar" ]; then
  echo "tar=$tar"
  echo "version:"
  $tar --version
  ret=$?
fi

if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
  (exit 0)
else
  echo "No suitable tar program found."
  exit 1
fi



# Try to find a suitable make
# If the MAKE environment var is set, use that.
# otherwise, try to find gmake, and then make.
# If no make is found, then just execute the necessary commands.

# XXX For some reason, make is building all the docs every time.  This
# is an annoying source of bugs. Figure out why this happens.
MAKE=NOMAKE

if [ "x$MAKE" = "x" ]; then
  make=`which gmake 2>&1`
  if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -x "$make" ]; then
    (exit 0)
  else
    make=`which make 2>&1`
    if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -x "$make" ]; then
      (exit 0)
    else
      make=NOMAKE
    fi
  fi
else
  make="$MAKE"
fi

if [ -x "$make" ]; then
  (exit 0)
else
  # echo "Installing without make. This may fail." >&2
  make=NOMAKE
fi

# If there's no bash, then don't even try to clean
if [ -x "/bin/bash" ]; then
  (exit 0)
else
  clean="no"
fi

node_version=`"$node" --version 2>&1`
ret=$?
if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "You need node to run this program." >&2
  echo "node --version reports: $node_version" >&2
  echo "with exit code = $ret" >&2
  echo "Please install node before continuing." >&2
  exit $ret
fi

t="${npm_install}"
if [ -z "$t" ]; then
  # switch based on node version.
  # note that we can only use strict sh-compatible patterns here.
  case $node_version in
    0.[01234567].* | v0.[01234567].*)
      echo "You are using an outdated and unsupported version of" >&2
      echo "node ($node_version).  Please update node and try again." >&2
      exit 99
      ;;
    *)
      echo "install npm@1.3.6"
      t="1.3.6"
      ;;
  esac
fi

# need to echo "" after, because Posix sed doesn't treat EOF
# as an implied end of line.
url=`(curl -SsL https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/$t; echo "") \
     | sed -e 's/^.*tarball":"//' \
     | sed -e 's/".*$//'`

ret=$?
if [ "x$url" = "x" ]; then
  ret=125
  # try without the -e arg to sed.
  url=`(curl -SsL https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/$t; echo "") \
       | sed 's/^.*tarball":"//' \
       | sed 's/".*$//'`
  ret=$?
  if [ "x$url" = "x" ]; then
    ret=125
  fi
fi
if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Failed to get tarball url for npm/$t" >&2
  exit $ret
fi


echo "fetching: $url" >&2

cd "$TMP" \
  && curl -SsL "$url" \
     | $tar -xzf - \
  && cd "$TMP"/* \
  && (ver=`"$node" bin/read-package-json.js package.json version`
      isnpm10=0
      if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
        if [ -d node_modules ]; then
          if "$node" node_modules/semver/bin/semver -v "$ver" -r "1"
          then
            isnpm10=1
          fi
        else
          if "$node" bin/semver -v "$ver" -r ">=1.0"; then
            isnpm10=1
          fi
        fi
      fi

      ret=0
      if [ $isnpm10 -eq 1 ] && [ -f "scripts/clean-old.sh" ]; then
        if [ "x$skipclean" = "x" ]; then
          (exit 0)
        else
          clean=no
        fi
        if [ "x$clean" = "xno" ] \
            || [ "x$clean" = "xn" ]; then
          echo "Skipping 0.x cruft clean" >&2
          ret=0
        elif [ "x$clean" = "xy" ] || [ "x$clean" = "xyes" ]; then
          NODE="$node" /bin/bash "scripts/clean-old.sh" "-y"
          ret=$?
        else
          NODE="$node" /bin/bash "scripts/clean-old.sh" &2
        exit $ret
      fi) \
  && (if [ "x$configures" = "x" ]; then
        (exit 0)
      else
        echo "./configure $configures"
        echo "$configures" > npmrc
      fi) \
  && (if [ "$make" = "NOMAKE" ]; then
        (exit 0)
      elif "$make" uninstall install; then
        (exit 0)
      else
        make="NOMAKE"
      fi
      if [ "$make" = "NOMAKE" ]; then
        "$node" cli.js rm npm -gf
        "$node" cli.js install -gf
      fi) \
  && cd "$BACK" \
  && rm -rf "$TMP" \
  && echo "It worked"

ret=$?
if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "It failed" >&2
fi
exit $ret

Check Your Downgraded Versions

$ node -v
v0.10.26
\$ npm -v
1.3.6

Notes

To get the correct version of node to checkout you'll need to do something like this:

brew versions node | grep 0.10.26

... and to get brew versions to work you may need to run this:

brew tap homebrew/boneyard

I do not advocate downgrading node and npm.

This was for example purposes.

Reverting Back to Latest Versions

Not sure why any one would want to remove such a useful command, but for the time being you can use the brew versions command to get the git command used to download a specific node version (0.10.33 in our case).

$ brew versions node | grep 0.10.33
Warning: brew-versions is unsupported and will be removed soon.
You should use the homebrew-versions tap instead:
  https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-versions

0.10.33  git checkout 4b9395f /usr/local/Library/Formula/node.rb


$ brew cleanup
$ brew cleanup --cache
$ cd /usr/local/Library/
$ git checkout 4b9395f /usr/local/Library/Formula/node.rb
$ brew install node

Notes

No other combination of brew commands would upgrade node from 0.10.26 to 0.10.33.

So, none of these had any other effect, other than keeping node at version 0.10.26:

$ brew uninstall node
$ brew upgrade
$ brew cleanup 
$ brew cleanup --cache
$ brew upgrade node

Verify Versions

Verify that both node and npm are back to the latest versions:

~ $ node -v
v0.10.33
~ $ npm -v
2.1.9

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For All Git Repos, Ignore All of This

Summary

Are there files that you are always having to add to the .gitignore file for all of your git repositories?

If so, use this technique to create a global ignore file that is automatically applied to all of your git repos on you local workstation.

For all git repos, ignore all of this

First, create the file to contain the global git ignore patterns:

~/.gitignore_global

# Compiled source #
###################
*.com
*.class
*.dll
*.exe
*.o
*.so

# Packages #
############
# it's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source
# git has its own built in compression methods
*.7z
*.dmg
*.gz
*.iso
*.jar
*.rar
*.tar
*.zip

# Logs and databases #
######################
*.log
*.sql
*.sqlite

# OS generated files #
######################
.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
Icon?
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db
.idea
.metadata

/lex_ignore

Then, configure git to use the gitignore_global ignore patterns.

git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global

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Add Golang Bundle to TextMate

Summary

Want Go language syntax highlighting in TextMate v2?

Alan Quatermain's Textmate bundle

Run the following commands and you should be set...

mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Avian/Bundles
git clone git://github.com/AlanQuatermain/go-tmbundle.git Go.tmbundle

Notes

This also works for TextMate 1.5.

References

https://github.com/AlanQuatermain/go-tmbundle https://github.com/rsms/Go.tmbundle

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Upgrade PHP on OSX 10.10 (yosemite)

Summary

First, you need to upgrade your to the latest version of XCode and reinstall XCode client tools: xcode-select --install

Even then, you may run into problems upgrading PHP:

Problems Upgrading PHP

~ $ brew upgrade
==> Upgrading 2 outdated packages, with result:
gdal 1.11.1_2, php55 5.5.19
==> Upgrading gdal
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/gdal-1.11.1_2.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring gdal-1.11.1_2.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/gdal/1.11.1_2: 229 files, 34M
==> Upgrading php55
==> Downloading https://www.php.net/get/php-5.5.19.tar.bz2/from/this/mirror
######################################################################## 100.0%
Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/Cellar/php55/5.5.19
~ $ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.

Problems Upgrading PHP

Run the following commands and you should be set...

$ sudo chmod -R g+w /Library/Caches/Homebrew
$ brew rm zlib
$ brew update && brew upgrade
$ brew install git
$ brew install openssl
$ brew install php56 --homebrew-apxs --with-apache --with-homebrew-curl --with-homebrew-openssl --with-phpdbg --with-tidy --without-snmp

References

http://lexsheehan.blogspot.com/2013/12/while-testing-new-async-infrastructure.html http://superuser.com/questions/550305/homebrew-install-problems-permission-denied-library-caches-homebrew-formula http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25149032/brew-install-php55-intl-fails-cant-install-composer

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Script to Install or Update Go on OSX

Summary

Here's a bash script to Install or Update Go on OSX.

update-go

#!/bin/bash
function goversion {
    go version|cut -d" " -f3|while read n; do echo "${n:2}"; done    
}
set -x
brew update
brew doctor
{ set +x; } &>/dev/null
echo "Current Go version: `goversion`"
echo ""
echo "Need to do what brew doctor suggested? (It's safe to rerun this command.)  CTRL+C to stop --or-- Enter to continue..."
read x

if [ "`goversion`" == "" ]; then
    brew install go 
    brew link --overwrite go
else
    brew upgrade go
    brew link go
fi
echo "New Go version: `goversion`"

# Following currently enables intellij Go plugin to use new Go version
function reset-idea-go-plugin {
    if [ "`which idea`" != "" ]; then
        printf "intellij is installed.  Now, updating its go plugin..."
        # Note: version numbers may change
        rm /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.2.2
        rm /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.3
        ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.3.3 /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.2.2
        echo "Done."
    fi
} 

reset-idea-go-plugin 2>/dev/null

Output

~ $ update-go
+ brew update
Already up-to-date.
+ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.
Current Go version: 1.3.3

Need to do what brew doctor suggested? (It's safe to rerun this command.)  CTRL+C to stop --or-- Enter to continue...

Error: go-1.3.3 already installed
Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.3.3
To relink: brew unlink go && brew link go
New Go version: 1.3.3
intellij is installed.  Now, updating its go plugin...Done.
~ $

Notes

It's safe to rerun this script.

Assumes you're on a mac.

Assumes you have homebrew installed.

If you use the Go plugin in IntelliJ, this script will direct it to use the newly installed version of Golang.

References

http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2010/08/quickly-create-jar-artifact/

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Create Executable Jar from IntelliJ Java Project

Summary

• Define Jar file Components
• Build Jar file
• Run command

Define Jar file Components

File | Project Structure...
Select Artifacts in left side under Project Settings

• Click "+"
• Select "jar"
• Choose "From modules with dependencies"
• Select the class with your executable main method.

Build Jar file

Build | Build Artifacts...

• Under "Build Artifact", choose the jar file that you defined earlier
• Under "Build", click "Build"

The jar file can be found in the /out/artifacts/_jar directory

Run command

If your project name is "ijtest" the command to execute your jar would look something like this:

$ java -jar /Users/lex/dev/java/ijtest/out/artifacts/ijtest_jar/ijtest.jar

Notes

You can pass parameters, too.

$ java -jar /Users/lex/dev/java/ijtest/out/artifacts/IJTest_jar/ij.jar --parm1=ONE --parm2=TWO

Troubleshooting

First, make sure you are running a recent version of InjelliJ.

I'm running InjelliJ Community Edition v14.0.2

Next, make sure the sdk you've configured in IntelliJ is consistent with the one you use on your console.

This is what happens when your IntelliJ JDK is version 1.7 but your java in your console is version 1.6...

~/dev/java $ java -jar /Users/lex/dev/java/ijtest/out/artifacts/ijtest_jar/ijtest.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/company/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:637)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
 at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
 at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
 at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
~/dev/java $ java -version
java version "1.6.0_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-466.1-11M4716)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.65-b04-466.1, mixed mode)
~/dev/java $ find /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home -name java
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java
~/dev/java $ /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java  -jar /Users/lex/dev/java/ijtest/out/artifacts/ijtest_jar/ijtest.jar
~/dev/java $ /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java  -jar /Users/lex/dev/java/ijtest/out/artifacts/ijtest_jar/ijtest.jar
hello, world!

Profit!

Here we run the jar, from the console, that I we just created using the steps outlined above...

~/dev/java/ijtest/out/artifacts/ijtest_jar $ ls -lrt
total 24
-rw-r--r--  1 lex  staff   968 Jan  5 22:56 ijtest.jar
drwx------  4 lex  staff   136 Jan  5 22:57 ijtest
-rw-r--r--@ 1 lex  staff  6148 Jan  5 22:57 .DS_Store
~/dev/java/ijtest/out/artifacts/ijtest_jar $ jar xf ./ijtest.jar
~/dev/java/ijtest/out/artifacts/ijtest_jar $ ls -lrt
total 24
drwxr-xr-x  3 lex  staff   102 Jan  5 22:56 com
drwxr-xr-x  3 lex  staff   102 Jan  5 22:56 META-INF
-rw-r--r--  1 lex  staff   968 Jan  5 22:56 ijtest.jar
drwx------  4 lex  staff   136 Jan  5 22:57 ijtest
-rw-r--r--@ 1 lex  staff  6148 Jan  5 22:57 .DS_Store
~/dev/java/ijtest/out/artifacts/ijtest_jar $ find .
.
./.DS_Store
./com
./com/company
./com/company/Main.class
./ijtest
./ijtest/com
./ijtest/com/company
./ijtest/com/company/Main.class
./ijtest/META-INF
./ijtest/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
./ijtest.jar
./META-INF
./META-INF/MANIFEST.MF

Notice that all files exist in the jar file, including MANIFEST.MF.

References

http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2010/08/quickly-create-jar-artifact/

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