Porticus brings point-and-click free software installs to Mac OS X

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 21, 2008 9:03 PM EDT
Linux.com; By Nathan Willis
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One undeniable sign of progress among Linux distributions is the proliferation of easy-to-use, graphical package management applications. Tools like yum, Synaptic, and CNR are the rule these days rather than the exception. Mac OS X has free software fans, and a well-maintained collection of software at MacPorts, but for a long time those fans have been limited to the command line for finding, installing, and updating the offerings. Now a new utility called Porticus has arrived to present a slick GUI interface to the MacPorts collection, and it could make some converts.

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