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Apple's Macintosh operating system (OSX) is based on Linux (FreeBSD to be precise). Out of the box, however, macs lack some of the basic tools to compile software and a proper "package manager" (like synapic in Debian).
== Installing OSX command line tools ==
== Installing OSX command line tools ==


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http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/
http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/
=== fink ===
http://www.finkproject.org/


=== macports ===
=== macports ===


http://www.macports.org/
http://www.macports.org/

Latest revision as of 11:57, 13 May 2013

Apple's Macintosh operating system (OSX) is based on Linux (FreeBSD to be precise). Out of the box, however, macs lack some of the basic tools to compile software and a proper "package manager" (like synapic in Debian).

Installing OSX command line tools

https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer/

Package Manager

homebrew

http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/

fink

http://www.finkproject.org/

macports

http://www.macports.org/