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#installing sonar on a Mac
##Introduction
This guide will walk you through the quest of installing Sonar GNU/Linux onto a Mac. The Mac I used for this is a late 2012 model mac Mini, with four gigabytes of RAM.
##Requirements
* A Macintosh computer with an intel processor.
* Two USB flash drives.
* a pair of headphones, just in case.
##Getting started
Before doing this step, I encourage you to read about the dd linux command, as we'll be using it. Search the web about putting operating systems on flash drives with DD, and the command's options and correct syntax, especially since this will wipe disks clean and replace them with the source you input.
First, download the Mac Linux USB loader, located at
http://blog.sevenbits.tk/Mac-Linux-USB-Loader/
This will allow you to start the process of installing Sonar. For now, this package only supports packages bas
ed on Debian, but we can work around this.
Now, for the part that will initially not make sense. Download Vinux, from
http://www.vinuxproject.org
Download the 64-bit edition, and make sure you know where it is.
Now, launch Mac Linux USB Loader by pressing command+O on the application file. Once the application opens, press command+O, and find the file you downloaded, which should be called something like: vinux-5.0-amd64.iso, and press return. From there, the process of putting Vinux on one of the flash drives is simple, and the onscreen instructions explain themselves fine. Just select Ubuntu as the Linux family to work with, select your flash drive, then go ahead and start the process to put Vinux on that flash drive.
When it finishes, exit the program, turn off the computer, and press the option key while powering on the Mac. Hold the option key for 15 seconds, then release, wait 10 seconds, press left arrow, then
press return. If all goes well, you'll hear Vinux come up talking. Now, choose to install Vinux. We do this to wipe the computer's hard drive clean, which will allow Sonar to boot uninhibitted. Follow the onscreen instructions, and write whatever you want for the personal info. Do not, however, restart. Vinux, on my Mac, did not start up after installation. So do *not* restart. Once done, launch Mozilla Firefox, and go to
http://download.sonargnulinux.com/
and download the 64-bit edition. When the download completes, launch the disk writer application, and burn the sonar .iso file to the second flash drive. Once that's done, restart the computer, but only leave the second flash drive in. If all goes well, Sonar will start. If you hear no speech after two minutes, press alt+super+S, which is option+command+S on a Mac keyboard. After orca launches, you can play around with Sonar. It should be mentioned, however
, that before installing, you should insure that you are not connected to the internet. This is because of a bug in the Sonar installer which causes it to freeze at the keyboard selection stage while there is internet connectivity.
If you have Wi-Fi, disconnect it; if you have an ethernet cable, unplug it. You may install normally, now that your mac is just another computer. You can make it what you want it to be, not what Apple dictates it to be.
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