Re: tcpser on a Mac

[Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>]

In article <yZOdnfpJ2qoqA3fVnZ2dnUVZ_uKdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
 Boot Zero <apple@bidlink.net> wrote:

> I have a Mac mini connected to a Super Serial card on my //e.  Most of 
> my time is spent on Windows and Linux, so Mac is still somewhat foreign 
> to me.  Once Woz stopped designing the computers at Apple, I basically 
> lost interest.  However, I like the Mac as an interface with the //e. 
> Especially with Kegs and Virtual ][.
> 
> In an attempt to install tcpser on the mac, I discovered how much of a 
> mac n00b I am.  Went to wget the tcpser tarball; no wget.  Grabbed it 
> with Safari, un-tarred it and tried to run make; no make.  There's no 
> gmake either.
> 
> Ok, so i need to install some packages.  What does the Mac use for 
> package management?  I know it's not apt-get.  Don't see rpm.  How does 
> one install packages on the Mac?

Your machine came with developer tools but they're not installed by 
default. They might be in a disc image on the HD or on the bundled 
installation media itself.

Probably the most popular package management kind of tool is Fink. 
<http://www.finkproject.org/>

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