Installing and using GCC on Mac Silicon

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Published: October 27, 2024

*[master][~/repositories/hepcpp/cpluspluscourse/exercises]$ type gcc
gcc is /usr/bin/gcc
*[master][~/repositories/hepcpp/cpluspluscourse/exercises]$ gcc --version
Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin23.5.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin

Use NoMachine to access VM

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Published: September 30, 2024

A GUI is often needed when using VMs and ssh’ing into shell is insufficient. Windows Remote Desktop offers a ssh-based remote access method, but has a really slow GUI. I’ve found NoMachine to have a much faster response (which saves a lot of headaches).

Use LLVM/Clang as CMake compiler

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Published: September 30, 2024

Switch to LLVM/Clang compiler for CMake (Ubuntu 22.04 aarch64 on Apple Silicon via Multipass)

A package I work with compiles fine on Linux AMD, but crashes in a firey hell on my Mac.

find_package(OpenMP)
if (OPENMP_FOUND
    set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_C_FLAGS}")
    set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
endif()

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