MacPorts Provides an infrastructure for building, installing, and packaging open source software
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Provides an infrastructure for building, installing, and packaging open source software MacPorts is a powerful tool that provides an infrastructure for building, installing, and packaging open source software. MacPorts is designed to deliver the same functionality of the FreeBSD Ports system and to be extensible for future enhancements.Basic Usage:The main user interface to MacPorts is the port command and the various facilities it provides for installing ports.The first thing you should do after you install MacPorts is to make sure it is fully up to date by pulling the latest revisions to the Portfiles and any updated MacPorts base code from our rsync server, all accomplished simply by running the port selfupdate command as the Unix superuser: sudo port selfupdate Running this command on a regular basis is a good idea, it ensures your MacPorts installation is always up to date. Afterwards, you may search for ports to install: port search where is the name of the port you are searching for, or a partial name. To install a port you've chosen, you need to run the port install command as the Unix superuser: sudo port install where now maps to an exact port name in the ports tree, such as those returned by the command port search. Please consult the port(1) man page for complete documentation for this command and the software installation process. What's New in This Release: · Installer error messages now display properly even from the Snow Leopard MacPorts dmg. (jmr in r56448) · 'fetch.type svn' no longer requires the installation of the subversion port as of Snow Leopard. (toby in r56160; raimue in r56162) · Updated manpages and 'port help' output (ryandesign in r56472, r56473, r56474; blb in r56666, r57048, r57131) · Fixed syncing using the daily tarball. (#21034, toby in r56889) · Fixed 'port load' (#21128, raimue in r57055) · Improved error message when an expression on the command line does not match any ports (jmr in r57026) · Stopped recording the completion of the install phase in the statefile, which led to errors if the port was uninstalled but the work dir was not cleaned, and the port was then installed again. (jmr/raimue in r57801, 57820)

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