How to install PARSEC correctly.

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PARSEC is the most important CPU-bound benchmark for systems. It is huge and hard to install because it needs lots of 3-part libs. PARSEC download link for 3.0 version: http://parsec.cs.princeton.edu/download.htm#parsec I remembered I added the answer yesterday night but I could not see the answer currently. Anyway, let me add the answer again after I
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how to install older version gcc/g++ in Ubuntu (other linux distro are similar)

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When we compile some project, it needs older version gcc/g++ version. So how to insall older ones in ubuntu 16? Install older gcc/g++ version sudo apt-get install gcc-4.4 g++-4.4 g++-4.4-multilib gcc-4.4-multilib Set gcc/g++ version to be used automatically sudo update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.4 50 sudo update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/g++ gcc /usr/bin/g++-4.4 50 You may need
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How to build mplayer with libdvdnav on Linux?

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I find the mplayer from rpmfusion does not contain libdvdnav. How to build mplayer with libdvdnav on Linux? I did this on Fedora 21 to build mplayer with libdvdnav: Download mplayer src from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html and extract the tarball. Install needed packages (you will need more if you need more features): # yum install gcc make
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How to install no-ip update client on Linux Mint?

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How to install no-ip.com update client noip2 on Linux Mint 17? First, install the noip2 client: sudo su – cd /usr/local/src wget http://www.no-ip.com/client/linux/noip-duc-linux.tar.gz tar xzf noip-duc-linux.tar.gz cd no-ip-2.1.9-1 make make install Then, generate the configuration file noip2 -C Last, make noip2 daemon run at reboot crontab -e Add this line to crontab: @reboot /usr/local/bin/noip2 I’ve
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How to get a Makefile’s directory for including other Makefiles

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I experience this problem: I have a file common.mk that includes release.mk which in the same directory. common.mk is included by the top-level Makefile. common.mk and release.mk are shared by multiple projects and the top-level Makefile may stay in different directories with {common,release}.mk. Now, include in make use the pwd as base directory. So, simply
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g++: sorry, unimplemented: non-trivial designated initializers not supported

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g++ (version g++ (GCC) 4.8.1 20130603 (Red Hat 4.8.1-1)) report: $ g++ -std=c++11 solution.cpp -o sol solution.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: solution.cpp:50:57: sorry, unimplemented: non-trivial designated initializers not supported Stat init_stat {.depth = 0, .moves = tv, .vec = init}; ^ solution.cpp:50:57: sorry, unimplemented: non-trivial designated initializers not supported solution.cpp:50:57: sorry, unimplemented: non-trivial designated initializers
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Is cin much slower than scanf in C++?

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I frequently hear that cin is significantly slower than scanf in C++. Is this true? And how to improve the efficiency of cin? It is really nice to use most of time. One discussion about that cin is very slow is here: http://apps.topcoder.com/forums/?module=Thread&threadID=508058&start=0&mc=7 In short: cin is not always slower (can be faster actually, see
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Enabling Debugging with CMake for a C++ Project

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When developing a C++ project, debugging is an essential part of the process, as it allows you to identify and fix issues in your code. If you’re using CMake to build your project, it’s crucial to know how to enable debug mode to take advantage of debugging tools like gdb. In this post, we’ll walk
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ANSI C Grammar and ANSI C Grammar Specification in YACC

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ANSI C is a standardized version of the C programming language that was introduced in 1989 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The ANSI C standard defines the syntax and semantics of the C language, including its grammar. In this post, we will explore the ANSI C grammar in more detail. The ANSI C
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A Beginners’ Guide to x86-64 Instruction Encoding

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The encoding of x86 and x86-64 instructions is well documented in Intel or AMD’s manuals. However, they are not quite easy for beginners to start with to learn encoding of the x86-64 instructions. In this post, I will give a list of useful manuals for understanding and studying the x86-64 instruction encoding, a brief introduction
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Building and Installing Linux Kernel from the Source Code in an Existing Linux OS

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Building Linux kernel may sound a complex and geek-only thing. However, as Linux kernel itself has much less depended tools/packages compared to other software packages, it is quite easy to compile, build and install a Linux kernel from the source code in an existing Linux OS. Building Linux kernel is needed if you need to
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Are You Wanting to Learn a Programming Language? Read Before Your Make a Choice

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Making a career choice is difficult. And, if you have decided on becoming a programmer, the difficulty is just beginning. The most important thing is to first decide the language that you want to learn and this is often the most difficult decision. The good part is that you know you need to focus on
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How to Install Wine 32-bit on CentOS 7

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Since version 7, RHEL has only x86-64 versions. The same thing happens to CentOS 7. In CentOS 7/EPEL, there is only package for Wine x86-64. However, many Windows .exe files are 32-bit. Even there are 64-bit versions for some software, their installation file is 32-bit. And for some certain software such as Office 2007, 32-bit
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Notes for Beginners of Software Development on Linux

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Linux is a great platform for software development targeting servers or backends. In general, working on Linux is very productive. The problem that beginners on Linux face is the the learning curve is steep at the beginning. But believe me, after you get through the initial green steep learning step as in the figure below
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How to Configure the Latest Version of Flash on Firefox for Linux: by the Fresh Player Plugin

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As you may know, Adobe stopped supporting the NPAPI version of Flash on Linux and the latest NPAPI version of Flash player at version 11.2 released back in 2012 will only receive security fixes. Even the security fixes to the 11.2 version of the Flash Plugin your Firefox is using will end on May 4,
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