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Install East Asian Languages with no Windows XP Installation Disk

John McGehee / Blognado, Japan, Japanese Language, Windows / Chinese, Japanese, system administration / 5 comments

Jan 31, 2011

When you try to install files for East Asian languages, you are asked for a Windows XP installation disk. These days, Windows comes pre-installed, so few people have a real Windows XP disk. Here’s how to install without the DVD/CD-ROM. More

CMake Directory Variables

John McGehee / Blognado, Linux, Software Development, Windows / C++, CMake, Eclipse, GNU Make, system administration / 1 comment

Jan 1, 2011

CMake creates software build systems for a wide variety of platforms based on a single, unified control file–it’s a makefile maker. You create the CMake control file once and based on this file, CMake will create almost any build environment for you: GNU Make for Linux, Eclipse project, Visual Studio solution for Windows, and the list goes on. More