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Product Description:
Port Authority is an open-source application that provides a graphical user interface for the DarwinPorts package management system for Mac OS X. DarwinPorts 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 DarwinPorts was to type in various commands into the Mac's Terminal application, which can be intimidating for those users without a Unix background. Port Authority aims to bring the power of DarwinPorts to the traditional Mac user by providing a user-friendly graphical interface to DarwinPorts. Using a familiar combination of windows, icons, and menus, Port Authority users can search, install, update, and remove DarwinPorts programs and the DarwinPorts infrastructure itself.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4
Developer Tools
DarwinPorts 1.2 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.