Geek Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/macports.jpg" alt="MacPorts 2.0 for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion" title="macports" width="192" height="85" class="alignright size-full wp-image-19242" /> MacPorts 2.0 has been released, the new version includes full <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">OS X 10.7</a> compatibility. For those who are unfamiliar, MacPorts is a popular package management utility used to easily install thousands of open-source applications and utilities for the command line, X11, and even some Aqua apps. Because MacPorts handles the retrieval and building of dependencies in addition to the bundle you are looking for, it’s easier than finding and compiling a variety of packages yourself.</p> <p>To install MacPorts 2, you will also need to have <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/20/xcode-4-1-for-os-x-lion-released-as-free-download-on-mac-app-store/">downloaded XCode 4.1</a>, which is now a free download from the Mac App Store for OS X Lion users.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Get MacPorts 2.0</h2> <p>You can read the <a href="http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2011-July/024788.html">2.0 update page</a> or just <a href="https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-2.0.0-10.7-Lion.dmg">download the DMG directly</a>. If you already have MacPorts installed you can just run the selfupdate command: <code>sudo port selfupdate </code> This will update whatever version you are currently running to 2.0.</p> <p><span id="more-19241"></span></p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Using MacPorts</h2> <p>After MacPorts is installed, you can searching for and start installing a variety of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/command-line/">command line</a> software with the port command.</p> <p>To search for a port use: <code>port search port_name</code></p> <p>To install a port (some apps require sudo): <code>port install port_name</code></p> <p>Enjoy your open source software!</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X59nC7PpbdGVKit2J69sE9Ormz0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X59nC7PpbdGVKit2J69sE9Ormz0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X59nC7PpbdGVKit2J69sE9Ormz0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X59nC7PpbdGVKit2J69sE9Ormz0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CW4g9azBNfA:o1aCyfKEucM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CW4g9azBNfA:o1aCyfKEucM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=CW4g9azBNfA:o1aCyfKEucM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CW4g9azBNfA:o1aCyfKEucM:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=CW4g9azBNfA:o1aCyfKEucM:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CW4g9azBNfA:o1aCyfKEucM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=CW4g9azBNfA:o1aCyfKEucM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/CW4g9azBNfA" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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