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pwolfe1 · Oct 14, 2003, 02:07 PM

Is there any way that I can get rpm's or something similar to work on OSX? I don't like the way fink sets up it directories at all. I would like all of these X11 apps to install to the system /lib /usr /bin .....

I tried to do it just by grabbing source code and building all the stuff myself, but I was in a dependency hell.

What is the best way to make OSX behave like regular UNIX, without having to worry about 4 different X11s installed across multiple directories, and multiple roots?
i.e. /sw/bin for fink, /usr/bin for OSX, etc....

not sure if it matters, but I wanna use aqua and not kde or gnome. (although I will use konqueror)

gatorparrots · Oct 15, 2003, 01:19 AM

Did you check out Darwin Ports?
http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/darwinports/

pwolfe1 · Oct 15, 2003, 03:06 AM

wow. that looks like exactly what I was looking for. right down to the fact that it installs to /opt. identical to my preference on linux systems. thank you for the link. I'll post back after I try it out.

chris01 · Oct 15, 2003, 12:33 PM

Originally posted by pwolfe1:
Is there any way that I can get rpm's or something similar to work on OSX? I don't like the way fink sets up it directories at all. I would like all of these X11 apps to install to the system /lib /usr /bin .....

Just to make sure: You know that you don't need to install X11 with fink? Fink works perfectly together with the Apple installed binaries. Just do

Code:
fink install system-xfree86

. This will tell fink that you already installed apples X11.

Also, you can install fink with any prefix you want. You are not bound to '/sw'. Just read the Fink documentation.

All this might already be clear to you. Chris.

pwolfe1 · Oct 15, 2003, 12:48 PM

yeah I had seen that chris. I just needed to try something different.

Sven G · Oct 15, 2003, 01:10 PM

FYI, OS X 10.3 (Panther) has a DarwinPorts installer included in the CDs (an optional install, I think)...

pwolfe1 · Oct 15, 2003, 04:28 PM

looks like I need to get on the ball and preorder my panther.

geekwagon · Oct 16, 2003, 05:32 AM

Originally posted by Sven G:
FYI, OS X 10.3 (Panther) has a DarwinPorts installer included in the CDs (an optional install, I think)...

Is that on the final CD that was just posted? It wasn't in the last few dev builds.. I got the feeling they decided to pull it.

Sven G · Oct 16, 2003, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by geekwagon:
Is that on the final CD that was just posted? It wasn't in the last few dev builds.. I got the feeling they decided to pull it.

Maybe, maybe not - we'll see on the 24th...

graffix · Oct 18, 2003, 01:16 PM

You can also tell fink to install into /opt. Just type 'fink configure' in the terminal and set it from there.
HTH

WJMoore · Jan 26, 2004, 08:48 AM

Originally posted by Sven G:
Maybe, maybe not - we'll see on the 24th...

So it was confirmed that it didn't ship with the final release right?

chris01 · Jan 26, 2004, 09:32 AM

Originally posted by WJMoore:
So it was confirmed that it didn't ship with the final release right?

Looks like, yes.

Johnny_B · Jan 28, 2004, 08:11 PM

Looks like I did a somewhat alike duplicate post here.

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=199474

With a question about the NetBSD package manager that they claim, and even have a binary for (Mac OS X, Darwin 7).

MacGorilla · Jan 28, 2004, 09:39 PM

I never got the Netbsd pkgsrc to work. I've tried.