- #Uninstall macports package how to#
- #Uninstall macports package install#
- #Uninstall macports package update#
It is a bash script that checks to make sure you’ve installed MacPorts, then git, then gits the package, then installs the three other aforementioned files in their appropriate places in the file system, then loads them into launchd using launchctl.
#Uninstall macports package install#
Install is the same as InstallMacPortsUpdater above. PortsUpdate is a bash script that runs updates, upgrades & cleanup of your MacPorts package database, ensuring that you are always up to date on features & any security &/or bug fixes of your critical unixy apps. resolves an issue with launchd which is that scripts/applications/programs in /opt/local/bin are not in launchd‘s path.Ĭom. tells launchd where portsUpdate is located & when to run it. So if you want to inspect it before you install, just:Īnd then to install you would just set Install executable if it isn’t, then run it with sudo. System Preferences > Engery Saver > Enable Power Nap I tend to enable Power Nap, especially on fixed workstations: In particular, note the policy on timed launchd jobs and the computer state: if your machine is asleep, it’ll run when it wakes, if it’s off, it’ll run the next time it’s scheduled.
#Uninstall macports package how to#
If you want to know how to use it and want to read the scripts (or even improve upon them!) please read on along… & your old packages will be removed every Sunday to keep your system running lean.
#Uninstall macports package update#
Your MacPorts will update every morning at 3:30 a.m. If you trust me (don’t, why would you), you can just download the installer, open Terminal.app, &… PortsUpdate is a launchd xml file that runs a bash script once daily to update MacPorts, an associated launchd xml to ensure that the path is correct, and an associated installer. Next, read the ReadMe and click Continue again. To get started, first download the latest version here. YMMV, I’m not responsible if you break your system in any case. MacPorts is an application that allows you to install and remove software packages, referred to as ports (thus the name). While that effort failed, there have been efforts to revive it as a. The MacPorts project is a remnant of an early movement to build upon the open source work that served as macOSs foundation. I am not going to test it with older Mac versions, although if your system runs launchd, you could try it. Uninstall a package with the port uninstall command: port uninstall parallel Open source package management. Note: portsUpdate works with OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Introducing portsUpdate! You can download the portsUpdate via git. My goal was to automagically keep MacPorts up-to-date, ala Ubuntu’s unattended upgrades. Because I’m old, I put port selfupdate, port upgrade outdated & port uninstall inactive in root’s crontab, but then today I was reading more and decided that I really ought to do it the Mac way since it’ll be upgrade proof. Here’s the Apple kb info for timed jobs using launchd (which includes the notice of deprecation) and here’s a great tutorial on using launchd. Best practice is to move your cron jobs to launchd. Mmmmmk, so apparently cron is going the way of the dodo on OS X/Darwin.
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