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it, so MacPorts may automatically fetch, patch, compile, and install ported
software.</para>

<para>But MacPorts provides several major advantages over installing free
and open source software manually, beyond merely automating software
installation.</para>
<para>However, installing software using MacPorts instead of installing it
manually brings advantages apart from the convenience of automating the
software install process for individual applications. For example,
MacPorts:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>MacPorts automatically installs any required support software,
known as "dependencies", for a given port.</para>
<para>Installs automatically any required support software, known as
"dependencies", for a given port.</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>MacPorts confines ported software to a private "sandbox" that
keeps it from intermingling with your operating system and its
vendor-supplied software to prevent them from becoming corrupted.</para>
<para>Provides automatic uninstalls and upgrades for installed
ports.</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>MacPorts provides automatic uninstalls and upgrades for installed
ports.</para>
<para>Confines ported software to a private "sandbox" that keeps it from
intermingling with your operating system and its vendor-supplied
software to prevent them from becoming corrupted.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>MacPorts may also be used to pre-compile ported software into binaries
that may be installed on remote computers. Binaries of ported software may
be installed very quickly since the steps required to install ports from
source code have all been performed in advance.</para>
<listitem>
<para>Allows you to create pre-compiled binary installers of ported
applications to quickly install software on computers without compiling
from source code.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>MacPorts is developed on Mac OS X, though it is designed to be
portable so it can work on other Unix-like systems, especially those
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