Binaries for Mac OSX
I often need gnu programs for OS X. apt-get seems not to work properly in many cases, apparently the lists are not updated frequently. fink seems a bit more up to date. Another problem is that both fink and apt-get want to install other packages for which it is not clear why they are needed. It seems that those packages are usually not needed and I prefer to have it clear what's happening to my system, without the need to recompile all stuff. That seemed not possible up to now for the following programs. I hope this fills a need!
Program+version | Compiled on OSX | Compiled | Man page | Source code | Remarks |
wget 1.9 | 10.2.8 | N.A. | ftp.gnu.org | configured with --with-ssl=/usr/lib to enable ssl support | |
gawk 3.1.3 | 10.3.1 | ftp.gnu.org | - |
Download the compiled and (optionally) the man page.
Install the program:
sudo cp <program> /usr/bin
Change the execution rights of the program:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/bin/<program>
Install the man page:
sudo cp <manpage.X> /usr/share/man/manX
For instance, the gawk.1 man file goes into /usr/share/man/man1
If you dont have root access you can also copy them into a directory of your own
and run it from there. I'm not sure if you can use the man pages without
putting them in the right place.