[Mac Users] Fwd: DarwinPorts Binary Packages

[Richard Lotz]

Personally I'm a fan of DarwinPorts over fink because its more BSD 
like.  Follow these directions and you can most of their packages in 
binary format.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Kevin Van Vechten <kevin at opendarwin.org>
> Date: Wed Feb 19, 2003  20:48:27 US/Pacific
> To: announce at opendarwin.org
> Cc: darwinports at opendarwin.org
> Subject: DarwinPorts Binary Packages
>
> I'm pleased to announce the availability of DarwinPorts binary 
> packages.  The packages are available via WebDAV at 
> <http://packages.opendarwin.org/>, and can be installed with the Mac 
> OS X Installer application.
>
> These packages install into the /opt/local directory of your computer. 
>  You may either download the packages to your computer before 
> installing, or install directly from the WebDAV volume.  (Note: if you 
> double-click on a package directly, the Installer may appear 
> unresponsive for a period of time, please be patient, it has NOT 
> crashed, it is simply downloading the requested package to your 
> computer.)
>
> Please view the Read Me at 
> <http://packages.opendarwin.org/README.html> for more information.
>
> The DarwinPorts packages may removed from your system using the 
> UnInstaller application available in the "Applications" folder, or via 
> <http://packages.opendarwin.org/Applications/UnInstaller.dmg>
>
> Visit <http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/darwinports/> for more 
> information about DarwinPorts.
>
> Please send questions, comments, bug reports, and suggestions to 
> <darwinports at opendarwin.org>.
>
> Congratulations to the entire DarwinPorts team for making this project 
> a success!
>
> Kevin Van Vechten
> OpenDarwin
>
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-richard

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