Actually the Mac has its own ports system which would be a far better way to go.
http://www.macports.org/ On Mon, February 11, 2008 10:14 am, Brett Davidson wrote: > Actually Aidan, you might want to reconsider your question. > If I understand correctly, what you want to do is get a program you know > that runs on Linux to run on MacOSX. ;-) > > What you might want to consider is whether the FreeBSD (what Mac's > Darwin is based on) ports tree has the program you want in it already. > Use the command line on the Mac to grab down the ports tree and then see > if you can run make on it. (You'll need to install compilation software > on the MAC but then you'll need to do that anyway with your original > idea). > > Hey presto - new app installed correctly with no fluffing about with > cross-compiling! > > If you want further help, email me off list. > > Brat. > > -- Nick Rout
