Comments on: Easily install open source software with MacPorts http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Fri, 24 May 2013 05:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Doe http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-100056 John Doe Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:59:26 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-100056 I'm having a bit of trouble trying to install fink, I know how to execute the command lines but I can't even get it to install, OK I get this problem when I trying to install I typed in Terminal; "./bootstrap" I pick Option 1 from the list then Option 1 again to install the 32-bit(Default) I then enter my pass from sudo command, then comes this Choose a mode: [1] 2 Checking package... looks good (fink-0.29.10). Checking system... i386-apple-darwin10.2.0 This system was not released at the time this Fink release was made. Prerelease versions of Mac OS X might work with Fink, but there are no guarantees. Distribution: 10.6 Architecture: x86_64 Checking cc... not found. ERROR: There is no C compiler on your system. Make sure that the Developer Tools are installed. it tells me there's no C compiler on my system, but I've already downloaded them before because I have Xcode 3.2.1 installed along with the other stuff that came with the Developer Tools. Do I have to re-download it to make it work or do I have to find a C compiler to make this work? I’m having a bit of trouble trying to install fink, I know how to execute the command lines but I can’t even get it to install, OK I get this problem when I trying to install

I typed in Terminal; “./bootstrap” I pick Option 1 from the list then Option 1 again to install the 32-bit(Default) I then enter my pass from sudo command, then comes this

Choose a mode: [1] 2
Checking package… looks good (fink-0.29.10).
Checking system… i386-apple-darwin10.2.0
This system was not released at the time this Fink release was made.
Prerelease versions of Mac OS X might work with Fink, but there are no
guarantees.
Distribution: 10.6
Architecture: x86_64
Checking cc… not found.
ERROR: There is no C compiler on your system. Make sure that the Developer
Tools are installed.

it tells me there’s no C compiler on my system, but I’ve already downloaded them before because I have Xcode 3.2.1 installed along with the other stuff that came with the Developer Tools. Do I have to re-download it to make it work or do I have to find a C compiler to make this work?

]]> By: How to easily mirror an entire web site locally - OS X Daily http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-93546 How to easily mirror an entire web site locally - OS X Daily Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:56:27 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-93546 [...] that wget is not installed in Mac OS X by default and that you’ll need to install it using MacPorts, you can check out our past article on installing MacPorts or visit the developer website at [...] [...] that wget is not installed in Mac OS X by default and that you’ll need to install it using MacPorts, you can check out our past article on installing MacPorts or visit the developer website at [...]

]]> By: Adam http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-38269 Adam Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:03:57 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-38269 w00t! thanks for this command...... w00t! thanks for this command……

]]> By: Frank http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7464 Frank Tue, 22 May 2007 10:50:33 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7464 There's also prefix-portage, it uses stuff developed on Linux, and nowadays works great on Mac OS. All packages are bleading edge, no outdate stuff. See also: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/index.xml There’s also prefix-portage, it uses stuff developed on Linux, and nowadays works great on Mac OS. All packages are bleading edge, no outdate stuff.
See also: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/index.xml

]]> By: Jeamr http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7441 Jeamr Tue, 22 May 2007 03:04:36 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7441 ed, you use the terminal, type port in the terminal ed, you use the terminal, type port in the terminal

]]> By: ed http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7438 ed Tue, 22 May 2007 02:22:28 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7438 hey am a rookie to this one question after you install a program how do l open the program hey am a rookie to this one question after you install a program how do l open the program

]]> By: cos http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7430 cos Tue, 22 May 2007 00:42:11 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7430 "I decided to go with building most recent ver from source and I ended on building whole Apache 2 with whole subset of not really neccesary libraries." well, macports does the same, y'know - the build-time dependencies for subversion are the same. hopefully macports' summer of code task to build binary packages will bear fruit... “I decided to go with building most recent ver from source and I ended on building whole Apache 2 with whole subset of not really neccesary libraries.”

well, macports does the same, y’know – the build-time dependencies for subversion are the same.

hopefully macports’ summer of code task to build binary packages will bear fruit…

]]> By: Maciek http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7415 Maciek Mon, 21 May 2007 20:20:06 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7415 When I was trying out Fink, I decided to install Subversion as first thing. I quickly found out the most recent svn binary package is at version 1.2 (well, a BIT outdated), so I decided to go with building most recent ver from source and I ended on building whole Apache 2 with whole subset of not really neccesary libraries. When I was trying to build some other console app (don't remeber what exactly right now), Fink asked me for confirmation to build xorg from sources. I said "NO!" and currently I am completely happy with MacPorts. Maybe selection of packages is not so huge as in Fink, but quality is definitely better. That's my 5 cents... When I was trying out Fink, I decided to install Subversion as first thing.

I quickly found out the most recent svn binary package is at version 1.2 (well, a BIT outdated), so I decided to go with building most recent ver from source and I ended on building whole Apache 2 with whole subset of not really neccesary libraries.

When I was trying to build some other console app (don’t remeber what exactly right now), Fink asked me for confirmation to build xorg from sources.

I said “NO!” and currently I am completely happy with MacPorts. Maybe selection of packages is not so huge as in Fink, but quality is definitely better.

That’s my 5 cents…

]]> By: suresure http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7400 suresure Mon, 21 May 2007 14:22:50 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/2007/05/21/easily-install-open-source-software-with-macports/#comment-7400 fink is better, macports is all outdated and slow fink is better, macports is all outdated and slow

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