If reinstalling software feels repetitive, these tools have some ideas.

Ever had a source package fail to build due to a missing file? If so, apt-file, a tool that searches online repositories for a specific file, may be the answer. Occasionally, when building a package ...

In Mathematica, a Package is a Mathematica text file that contains definitions of commands other than the ones that are built into the Mathematica application itself. In fact, Mathematica comes with a ...

Way back in 2004—when Mac Gems was in its infancy—I reviewed Pacifist 1.6, a nifty utility for working with Mac OS X installer packages (.pkg and .mpkg files). If you’ve ever wondered what an ...