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macports have a lot of packages. simple to use: $ port search keyword $ sudo port install package_name also, you have homebrew. i never used it. and as a prot
by peterbotond 16y ago
macports have a lot of packages. simple to use:
$ port search keyword
$ sudo port install package_name
also, you have homebrew. i never used it.
and as a protable package mgmnt: pkgsrc.org. works well also.
- ekidd 16y agoYeah, MacPorts and Homebrew are both great options if you want to build packages from source, and your needs aren't too obscure. Lots of people, even in the Linux world, love source-based packaging systems. But I'm massively impatient, and I want my packages _right now_. :-) So I prefer binary packaging systems.
- jamie_ca 16y agoI've never used it, but Fink (http://www.finkproject.org/ http://www.finkproject.org/) is basically apt for OSX.
- ekidd 16y agoWhen I last used Fink (years ago), it was "apt for OS X" in roughly the same way that an off-brand Android tablet is an iPad: It looks more or less like the same thing, but you just don't get the same experience. Does anyone use Fink these days?
- Groxx 16y agoI occasionally look, and see squat. I think everyone's gone to MacPorts, though Homebrew is gaining a bit of traction; enough to be useful, nowhere near enough to be reliable.
- jamie_ca 16y agoI've been perfectly happy in my little corner of the developer landscape (mostly Rails, plus random experiments) with Homebrew. I've had friends of mine complain loudly after ~5 minutes when they find missing "essential" packages, though.
- peterbotond 16y agoman port <man> -b binary-only mode (build and install from binary archives, ignore source, abort if no archive present; do not create/recreate binary archives from source) (only applies when archive mode is enabled) </man> another option is pkgsrc.org. i use it on a few different platforms with good success. if only macosx is your target, use macports.