MacPorts

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MacPorts
Macports-logo.png
Port-MacOSX-Terminal.png
Screenshot of the port command running in Terminal
Initial release 2002 (2002)[1]
Stable release 2.3.4 / 1 October 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-01) [2]
Development status Active
Written in Tcl and C
Operating system Mac OS X, Darwin
Platform x86, x86_64, PowerPC
Type Package management system
License BSD
Website www.macports.org

MacPorts, formerly called DarwinPorts,[3] is a package management system that simplifies the installation of software on the Mac OS X and Darwin operating systems. It is a free/open source software project to simplify installation of other free/open source software. Similar in aim and function to Fink and the BSDs' ports collections, DarwinPorts was started in 2002 as part of the OpenDarwin project, with the involvement of a number of Apple Inc. employees including Landon Fuller, Kevin Van Vechten, and Jordan Hubbard.

It allows the installation of a number of packages by entering the command sudo port install packagename in the Terminal, which will then download, if necessary[4] compile and install the requested software, while also installing any required dependencies automatically. Installed packages can be updated with the command sudo port upgrade installed.[5]

On April 28, 2005, the project released version 1.0 of their software.[6] In December 2005, the project reached a milestone, passing 3000 ports.[7] In August 2010, MacPorts version 1.9.1 surpassed 7000 ports. As of March 2013, MacPorts version 2.1.3 has over 16,500 ports.[8]

MacPorts is currently hosted on Mac OS Forge, an open source hosting service created and maintained by Apple Inc. for third-party projects not supported by Apple.[9] Best-effort support can be sourced from the community, as for any open source project.[10]

MacPorts supports universal binaries for both PowerPC and Intel-based versions of Mac OS X, but migrating from a PowerPC installation of MacPorts to a version on an Intel Mac requires reinstalling all installed ports.[11]

The official MacPorts GUI application is called Pallet and began as a Google Summer of Code project in 2009.[12] Another MacPorts GUI application is Porticus which, as of late 2011, does not support Mac OS X Lion or MacPorts versions 2.0 and later.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Since version 2.0.0, MacPorts has the ability to provide prebuilt archives, see [MacPorts-announce] MacPorts 2.0.0 has been released.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ http://www.macosforge.org/contact/
  10. ↑ http://www.macports.org/contact.php
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ https://trac.macports.org/wiki/MacPortsGUI
  13. ↑ http://porticus.alittledrop.com/

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