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Installing OpenSource packages on MackOS X

Here is the ppc pre-release. Now, we can imagine a much simpler One step installer for Mac OS X users, like this.



curl -O http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/packages/ppc/ppc/pkg_add

chmod 755 pkg_add

./pkg_add -fvr g-d-package-install



With the exception of the pkg binaries themselves, the vendor tree is left untouched. After that, it is platform independent, so the job could be handed off to a generic getPackages script, like this. It is familiar to BSD users, but it is non-intrusive to the base system.



rehash

pkg_add -fr dlcompat gettext lynx

pkg_add -fr XFree86

pkg_add -fr AbiWord

pkg_add -fr windowmaker enlightenment

pkg_add -fr gnome

pkg_add -fr gnumeric everybuddy dillo postilion ImageMagick pymol gdFortran QuakeForge



make_links:...

misc:..

Done!



http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/packages/ppc

http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/packages/x86

http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/packages/??? (take yer pick!)

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