I believe MacPorts is preferable to Fink. You need to have X11 and the
Developer Tools (Xcode) installed. Then install MacPorts. MacPorts is
command line from Terminal. As a GUI similar to Software Update I've
been using Porticus, which is really nice and very simple to use.
Porticus is better than Software Update because it shows the entire
available software repository of MacPorts and allows you to select any
available software for installation or deletion. It would sure be nice
if Apple would improve Software Update to have an uninstall/deletion
feature.
The problem with Apple is that if they decide to make an OS X software
repository they'll want to control it completely the way they try to
control iPod, iPhone, iPad software in iOS. Without any control so-
called bad-apples can introduce malware into the software
repositories, but with control Apple acts both as a gatekeeper and a
toll collector. How long before the OS X App Store arrives, it can't
be too far off.
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