[X-Unix] Where can I get pre-compiled Darwin CL programs?

[Eric F Crist]

On Mar 26, 2005, at 8:59 AM, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:

> Albert Lunde <atlunde at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 02:59:43AM +1200, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> And where can I find out more about the ones I already have as part 
>>> of
>>> Panther? For instance - if I wanted to try out text editing, or 
>>> Usenet,
>>> or email with a CL program using Terminal - where do I begin?
>>
>> Look at the selection of Mac OSX books from O'Reilly and associates:
>>
>> http://mac.oreilly.com/
>>
>> "Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" is a fine general 
>> reference,
>> and I'd endorse getting it, but not reading it first. It's the place
>> to go to look up shell commands, vi and emacs editor keymappings, 
>> shell
>> scripting syntax, etc.
>>
>> Look at the tables of contents of their other books to see what
>> subjects and treatment suits your background for a tutorial.
>
> Heh - I already own a good portion of O'Reilly's Mac books :-) Not that
> one though, but I do have Learning Unix for Panther and Panther Missing
> Manual amongst others.
>
> Ideally I'm after the Darwin equivalent of MacOrchard.com (superb
> listing and review site for Mac internet shareware if you're not
> familiar). I've found Lynx and Setiathome CL version on my own, but
> surely there must be far more out there.
>
> Regards,
>  Jamie Kahn Genet
> -- 
> I am Pentium of Borg, Division is Futile, You will be approximated!

I don't know if you were aware of this, but most CLI program source 
written for a BSD system will successfully compile on a Mac running 
10.x.  You need to have the developer tools installed, however.

HTH
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