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What is the official installer for Unix packages on Mac OS?

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I'm a bit confused about the installation of standard Unix packages on Mac OS X. For example, I have /usr/bin/svn, which is SVN v.1.4.4, but FinkCommander says svn is not installed. The same holds for other packages, like emacs etc. Is that just a wrong FinkCommander setting? Currently it is set to…

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There isn't an official package manager for OS X. Fink, MacPorts, and Homebrew provide their own differing features and functionality to fill this void. As pointed out by many users: avoid using /usr until you configure your PATH, packages from diff…

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