Projects tagged ‘mac’ and ‘software_distribution’

The MacPorts Project's main goal is to provide an easy way to install various open-source software products on the Darwin OS family (OpenDarwin, Mac OS X and Darwin) There are currently about 4500 completed and usable ports, with more being added on a regular basis.

The Fink project wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. It modifies Unix software so that it compiles and runs on Mac OS X and makes it available for download as a coherent distribution. Fink uses Debian ... [More] tools like dpkg and apt-get to provide powerful binary package management. You can choose whether you want to download pre-compiled binary packages or build everything from source. [Less]

IzPack is a one-stop solution for packaging, distributing and deploying applications. It is fully cross-platform and generates a single installer. As such, it is an alternative to native solutions such as platform-specific installers and package managers. IzPack-generated installers only require a Java virtual machine to run.

Sparkle is a module that developers can stick in their Cocoa (Mac OS X) applications (five-step install!) to get instant self-update functionality.

GNU-Darwin aims to be the most free Darwin-based Unix distribution. Our mission is two-fold: focus on new projects that leverage the unique capabilities of Darwin/Mach, and help Apple users to enjoy the benefits of free software.