From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 15 20:47:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9624416A41C for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:47:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D05443D58 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:47:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (pool-151-199-7-31.ROA.east.verizon.net [151.199.7.31]) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6FKlHwB039213 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:47:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (localhost.Chelsea-Ct.Org [127.0.0.1]) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6FKlBKx000972 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:47:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: (from paul@localhost) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j6FKlBYS000971; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:47:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) From: Paul Mather To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050715163709.62A1416A420@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050715163709.62A1416A420@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:47:10 -0400 Message-Id: <1121460430.783.16.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: "Jacob A. Siehler List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:47:22 -0000 On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:08:05 -0400 (EDT), "Jacob A. Siehler" 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