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Product Description:
PortAuthority provides a graphical user interface for the MacPorts package management system for Mac OS X. MacPorts is a powerful command-line tool for installing and updating a variety of Unix-based applications for the Mac. Its power, though, comes at the cost of some complexity; in the past the only way to utilize MacPorts was to type in various commands into the Mac's Terminal application, which can be intimidating for those users without a Unix background. PortAuthority aims to bring the power of MacPorts to the traditional Mac user by providing a user-friendly graphical interface to MacPorts. Using a familiar combination of windows, icons, and menus, PortAuthority users can search, install, update, and remove MacPorts programs and the MacPorts infrastructure itself.
What's new in this version:
- Now a 64-bit application built on the Cocoa frameworks.
- Updated user interface includes more modern button styles.
- Context-sensitive popup menu in table display.
- Now checks for MacPorts installation on startup and notifies user if MacPorts not found.
- Better experience for first-time users; fewer popup dialogs, smoother startup.
- Faster, more intuitive help viewer.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Additional Requirements:
- Developer Tools
- MacPorts installation
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Cannot decompress this release properly on 10.4 - Version: 2.5, 1/31/2008 12:00AM PST
libertyforall1776
I cannot decompress this release properly on 10.4
Greatly improved! 
- Version: 2.3, 8/8/2007 01:00PM PST
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i_gaucho
I tried the last version and it did not work very well for me. I had a few bumps on the first launch of this version, but after restarting it everything seems to work perfectly. Maybe it was conflicting with some files from the last install of 2.2 that I missed when I removed it.
I've used Fink for a number of years and I decided to give MacPorts a try. It seems much less cumbersome even though it has fewer packages. PortAuthority is an excellent way to manage MacPorts and I feel that it is much more feature rich than Porticus. Porticus may be prettier and have better integration with OS X, yet it seems a bit lacking in options and I received more errors while trying to install packages. After installing a few packages in PortAuthority, I think it's a bit more robust and easier to use. If you use MacPorts and want an easy way to manage things, don't pass PortAuthority by!
I've used Fink for a number of years and I decided to give MacPorts a try. It seems much less cumbersome even though it has fewer packages. PortAuthority is an excellent way to manage MacPorts and I feel that it is much more feature rich than Porticus. Porticus may be prettier and have better integration with OS X, yet it seems a bit lacking in options and I received more errors while trying to install packages. After installing a few packages in PortAuthority, I think it's a bit more robust and easier to use. If you use MacPorts and want an easy way to manage things, don't pass PortAuthority by!
after double-clicking it, it seems updating installed list.
But it dies soon.