DarwinPorts 1.2 released

✎ Published: 2005-12-16 10:30:30

DarwinPorts is a Package Management System for Mac OS X and Darwin, streamlining the installation and management of open source applications. It automates downloading, configuring, and installing software along with necessary dependencies. With a vast collection of 3,038 packages, including major desktop environments and various applications, it offers a robust option for Mac users interested in open source software.

DarwinPorts 1.2 released

DarwinPortsDarwinPorts is a Package Management System for Mac OS X and Darwin. Other famous Package Management Systems are Debian/Ubuntu's DPKG/Synaptic or Gentoo's emerge system. Package Management Software eases the installation of, mostly, open source applications and the management of the installed applications. Instead of downloading a source tar.gz file and doing the old "configure && make && make install Dance" one can just select the application and it'll download, configure, make and make install automacially. Another great aspect of Package Management Systems is that they download their so-called dependencies too. So if you want to install Gimp, and Gimp needs libjpeg, libpng and libxml, the Package Management System will download, compile and install those libraries too - if you don't have them installed yet.

DarwinPorts contains a huge collection of 3038 Packages for Mac OS X / Darwin. That's alot. From KDE over Gnome to small applications like Scite. It's all there. If you're interested in running Open Source Applications on your Mac, you should really try this out.

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