macports on linux

[Phil Dobbin]

On 02/04/2013 09:38, Niels Dettenbach wrote:

> Am Dienstag, 2. April 2013, 09:29:28 schrieb Phil Dobbin:
>> If not, the old fashioned way of installing via a tarball is pretty much
>> the way to go. Linux is pretty much set up out the box to do this (after
>> installing 'Development Tools' or build-essential & so on) so it's
>> usually no sweat.
> 
> This is what pkgsrc uses as a interoperable solution (afaik there are some 
> pkgsrc peoples here within macports) BUT including a clean software management 
> allowing clean installs, deinstall, rolling updates, feature management etc. 
> (as macport does on Mac only).
> 
> If the "stable" stuff in pkgsrc is "to old" you may take an additional look at 
> pkgsrc-wip where you find work in progress ports. 
> 
> 	http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net/
> 
> If you want software not existing in pkgsrc you may add it byself as under 
> maports too.
> 
> A simple example on using / installing pkgsrc i.e. on CentOS:
> 	htttp://ohess.org/pub/using-pkgsrc-on-centos-55
> or Debian:
> 	http://ohess.org/pub/using-pkgsrc-on-debian-squeeze


That's a new one on me. Thanks, Niels, I'll check it out.

Cheers,

  Phil...