GNU-Darwin

The FreeBSD ports and package management system is used by the GNU-Darwin distribution ( http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net).

The ports system provides for packaging an application as a single file that contains precompiled binaries, as well as associated configuration and documentation files. Like dpkg, this system allows the installation of a software package with a single command. This system also maintains an installed package database and understands dependencies. Additionally, to support installing remote packages, a remote ports tree is established. The ports tree resides on your computer and includes makefiles that know how to find, patch, compile, package, and install software packages from source code. Current versions of ported software are stored in one or more ports trees.

Warning

Unlike Fink, GNU-Darwin does not restrict itself to one portion of your filesystem, and it will make changes to system binaries. We suggest that you read the one_stop script carefully before you execute it.

To install GNU-Darwin, perform the following steps:

  1. Download the one_stop script from http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/one_stop.

  2. Read the one_stop script so you know what it’s going to do.

  3. Execute the one_stop script as root (sudo csh one_stop).

The one_stop installer downloads and installs many packages, so give it some time to complete.

Warning

The one_stop installer requires a considerable amount of bandwidth and does not allow you to choose a subset of packages, so it should ...

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