From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2002-03-27T00:44:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for Mac OS 10.1

On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 11:57:20PM +0900, Chris Gehlker wrote:
> On 3/25/02 11:42 PM, "Jim Freeze" <jim@freeze.org> wrote:
> 
> AptGet, spelled apt-get on the command line, is the package management from
> Debian GNU/Linux. Most people seem to consider it the best of the linux
> package management systems. The Mac port is called Fink for obscure reasons
> having to do with Charles Darwin and finches. It's a pretty good system; a
> little more binary oriented than Ports. I like the way it keeps everything
> in it's own tree.
> 
> Here are a few random sites:
> http://developer.apple.com/unix/index.html
> http://www.darwinfo.org/
> http://www.stepwise.com/
> http://www.omnigroup.com/developer/sourcecode/
> http://fink.sourceforge.net/
> http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/
> 
That is interesting. I thought that ports would be heavily used
since OSX is a FreeBSD derivative. Also, ports has pkg_add, which
is binary. I guess the Linux gang want to keep using something familiar,
if not better. :)

It is still not clear in my mind the distinction where OSX begins
and FreeBSD ends. I know that Apple has modified bsd somewhat and
are running their own window manager, Quartz (I'm not sure if they are using
an xserver.) When I tried to follow your instructions to install ruby,
the process stopped when gcc was not installed. So, I am starting out
from ground zero here. I need to find out how to install a development
environment on this mac. And I would prefer to get ports installed and
not apt-get or any rpm port (my bias).

Do you know of an osx resource that speaks the bsd lingo?


-- 
Jim Freeze
atto:       1e-18 = one quintillionth
parsec:     3.258 light-years: 3.258 * 186000 * 364 * 24 * 3600 * 5280 * 12
attoparsec: atto * parsec =~ 1.20 inch
My height:  62 inches / 1.2 = 51.7 attoparsecs
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