Can anyone recommend a package management tool like apt-get or yum for Mac OS X? I've seen that Fink has ported apt-get to Mac OS X, is this a good way to go, or are there other/better options out there?
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There are three more well known package management applications for Mac OS X:
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1I am new to OSX as well. What's the newest status updates on all these package management tools? Apr 6, 2011 at 23:58
not exactly "package management" in the same sense as *NIX package management, but AppFresh has made my life much much easier. I also use MacPorts for adding *NIX tools.
There is also pkgsrc from NetBSD available for Mac OS X, but I found it less stable than MacPorts.
Coming from a BSD world I prefer MacPorts over Fink, but if you are a friend of debian you might be best suited with Fink.
Still have to try HomeBrew myself, but the concept that it re-uses existing components from my OS X base has kept from from it until now. I don't share Apple's policy regarding versioning of third party components.