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it, so MacPorts may automatically fetch, patch, compile, and install ported
software.
- But MacPorts provides several major advantages over installing free
- and open source software manually, beyond merely automating software
- installation.
+ 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:
- MacPorts automatically installs any required support software,
- known as "dependencies", for a given port.
+ Installs automatically any required support software, known as
+ "dependencies", for a given port.
- 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.
+ Provides automatic uninstalls and upgrades for installed
+ ports.
- MacPorts provides automatic uninstalls and upgrades for installed
- ports.
+ 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.
-
- 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.
+
+ Allows you to create pre-compiled binary installers of ported
+ applications to quickly install software on computers without compiling
+ from source code.
+
+
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