Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:47:10 -0400 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Jacob A. Siehler <siehlerj"@wlu.edu Subject: Re: Obtaining portsmanager meta package for alternate OS Message-ID: <1121460430.783.16.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> In-Reply-To: <20050715163709.62A1416A420@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050715163709.62A1416A420@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:08:05 -0400 (EDT), "Jacob A. Siehler" <siehlerj@wlu.edu> wrote: > >> Try running configure then make just like any other linux program > and see > >> if it compiles, if it doesn't let me know what the error is. I > understand > >> Mac OS X is based on FreeBSD, does it have FreeBSD's port > infrastructure? > > My Mac (OSX 10.2) doesn't have anything remotely resembling a port > > infrastructure installed as part of the OS. All the OSS that I've > installed > > was done through what I will call binary 'bundles' mostly from .dmg > files. > > They each provided their own installer (usually using the > applescript > > langauge). > > The nearest OS X analogy to the ports system is fink: > http://fink.sourceforge.net/ There is also DarwinPorts (http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/) and the NetBSD pkgsrc (http://www.pkgsrc.org/) system (which, IMHO, is more ports-like than Fink) also supports MacOS X (although I'm not sure if pkgsrc still has the requirement of a case-sensitive file system). DarwinPorts, pkgsrc, and Fink can co-exist on the same system. I use mainly DarwinPorts on a MacOS X Server system I use, with Fink sometimes to fill in the gaps when a port is missing from the DarwinPorts collection. Both DarwinPorts and Fink have an update mechanism. DarwinPorts supports multiple "views" of a package, too, allowing multiple versions to exist for those ports that require older/newer versions to build or run properly. If you're into GUIs, Fink has FinkCommander to scratch that itch. Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent Zappa
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