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Equivalent of 'apt-get' command ?
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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1093480" data-attributes="member: 145676"><p>Aye - I have fink installed on my machine as well but didn't suggest it as Macports seems more active - all the open source programs I have looked for have been available on Macports. </p><p></p><p>There is a lot of reading on the Macports page. To summarize - Macports is a system to deliver packages to your computer with dependencies. It is a type of package manager similar to Apt on a Debian system or RPM on a Red hat system. You basically point to a bunch of repositories that hold the packages. Then you request to install those packages from the repositories. So lets say I want to install vim - an open source text editor - I could search for MacVim or mac vim on google or I could</p><p></p><p>[code]</p><p>port search vim</p><p>port install vim</p><p>[/code]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1093480, member: 145676"] Aye - I have fink installed on my machine as well but didn't suggest it as Macports seems more active - all the open source programs I have looked for have been available on Macports. There is a lot of reading on the Macports page. To summarize - Macports is a system to deliver packages to your computer with dependencies. It is a type of package manager similar to Apt on a Debian system or RPM on a Red hat system. You basically point to a bunch of repositories that hold the packages. Then you request to install those packages from the repositories. So lets say I want to install vim - an open source text editor - I could search for MacVim or mac vim on google or I could [code] port search vim port install vim [/code] [/QUOTE]
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