On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Ronnie Grubaugh <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've been reading about open source software and found it interesting, > mostly because it's not controlled by corporations, and I thought or assumed > through my understanding, that Mac ports is if not necessary, needed to > expedite and apply open source software with my Mac OSx 10.6.2 system. Is my > interpretation correct? > That is partly correct. Mac Ports is used to for the use of OS packages on your Mac. Packages that are Unix or Linux based Open Source programs. But quite a few open source packages can be downloaded and installed directly from the web as well. Take Gimp for instance. There is a Mac package (.dmg image) online for you to download and install effortlessly and there is a Mac Port for it as well See http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/ . It offers information on Gimp using Mac Ports and just by grabbing the application bundle and installing it like a regular program. I used the .dmg. Just download it and double click it and you can install a great Open Source Graphics editor. For OS packages like Gimp and all packages you can install via Mac Ports you do need X11. See http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki for information on it. In brief it is the GUI that is needed to run OS Linux/UNIX based software on a Mac. Maybe you already installed it.. Obviously you can tell I am a newbie and still have a lot of needed > exploration into Mac ports, to better understand. Working proficiently with > Mac ports may be above my present skill level. > > On Dec 22, 2009, at 1:41 AM, Jasper Frumau wrote: > > You're welcome Ronnie. No need to remove Mac Ports just yet. There are many > ways to savely use the command line tool to handle Mac Ports. Some tips can > be found here: http://guide.macports.org/ . And all the way through the > learning process you can write to [email protected] for > help and guidance. The command: > sudo port -v selfupdate > is very save and is just used to update Mac Ports before you start using it > to install software and so on. But don't just listen to me and ask the mail > list where many experienced Mac users are there to help you. What were you > planning to use Mac Ports for? > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Ronnie Grubaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So there is no menu or application to open and find a menu, and the only > way to exercise any commands or options within Macports, is through the > terminal application. I have been in the computer age for one year, this > month and have always read that you need to be very experienced, before > fooling with terminal commands. Maybe I need to learn how to uninstall > Macports. The last thing I want to do, is end up with a serious problem. > Thank you Jasper for your help, Ronnie G. > > On Dec 22, 2009, at 12:56 AM, Jasper Frumau wrote: > > > > Use the application terminal (command line tool) listed under > applications in your Mac, type the command and press enter. To learn how to > use the terminal type help and press enter. To learn more about mac ports > type man port and enter. > > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Ronnie Grubaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Begin forwarded message: > >> > >> From: Ronnie Grubaugh <[email protected]> > >> Date: December 22, 2009 12:20:39 AM CST > >> To: MacPorts <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Accessing user command list???? > >> > >> I have installed Mac ports, but I can't find or figure out how to access > user command list or menu. Please tell me how to access user option menu, or > whatever it is called?. Because it says the first command to exercise > is sudo port -v selfupdate, and I have no idea where such a command exist. > Your help would be greatly appreciated thank you, Ronnie G. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> macports-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users > >> > > > > > > >
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