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Porticus GUI for MacPorts
Porticus is a GUI for MacPorts, the open source command-line utility for installing command-line, X11 and Aqua software. Akin in many ways to PortAuthority, Porticus also provides Growl support, Sparkle updates, and an AppleScript library. It's snappy and light weight, and it's free.
Porticus allows description searches, auto-detection of outdated ports, MacPorts self-update, and port variant handling with variant selection before installing. If you've got MacPorts working on the command line, MacPorts provides a smooth way to handle finding and installing new ports. If you've shied away from the price of shareware MacPorts GUIs but are still craving a little Cocoa in your open source installations, give Porticus a try. Porticus requires an existing MacPorts install (1.4.x or greater), which can be downloaded from The MacPorts Project.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MD said 7:12PM on 1-19-2008
It's not free. The page clearly states that a 30 day free trial is available, but the app costs 20 dollars.
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MD said 7:14PM on 1-19-2008
Nevermind...silly me, I was looking at the wrong page.
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Russell said 10:06PM on 1-19-2008
Heh, a GUI for installing command line utilities. Still, it looks very nice and I would use it if I used Mac Ports. I'm off to look for something similar for Fink...
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Russell said 10:27PM on 1-19-2008
So I found Fink Commander, which is decent, nothing great, but decent. Only problem is that it doesn't look like anyone has touched it in about 5 years.
I downloaded the SVN and built a Universal binary if anyone wants to host it. It seems to work fine, although I got a few "deprecated" warnings when I compiled.
Mark S said 12:58PM on 1-21-2008
Yah, FinkCommander's last update was just to make it a Universal Binary about 2 years ago.