Comments on: Keeping applications up to date http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/ Tomos Hillman's mind-dump. Sun, 20 May 2012 12:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: yamahito http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-1473 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:26:48 +0000 http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-1473 Another one for the mac: <a href="http://metaquark.de/appfresh/" rel="nofollow">AppFresh</a> Another one for the mac: AppFresh

]]> by: yamahito http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-207 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:34:21 +0000 http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-207 Chris! I think there are a couple of ports or ports-like systems for the mac... <a href="http://darwinports.com/" rel="nofollow">Darwin Ports</a> <a href="http://www.macports.org/" rel="nofollow">MacPorts</a> (no idea if that one is what I think it is or not - not enough description!) Then of course, there's 'gentoo for the mac' - essentially portage: <a href="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/macos/" rel="nofollow">Gentoo for Mac OS X</a> Chris!

I think there are a couple of ports or ports-like systems for the mac…

Darwin Ports
MacPorts (no idea if that one is what I think it is or not - not enough description!)

Then of course, there’s ‘gentoo for the mac’ - essentially portage:

Gentoo for Mac OS X

]]> by: Minotaur http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-206 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:11:01 +0000 http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-206 It'd be a godsend if something like BSD's ports system (on which portage is based, of course) were available for other operating systems. Of course, that'd then require install programs to be standardised and well-behaved, which a great many really aren't. It’d be a godsend if something like BSD’s ports system (on which portage is based, of course) were available for other operating systems. Of course, that’d then require install programs to be standardised and well-behaved, which a great many really aren’t.

]]> by: yamahito http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-146 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:35:46 +0000 http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-146 I don't think it not installing things for you is necessarily a bad thing. A link to the download page would be nice, though. I don’t think it not installing things for you is necessarily a bad thing. A link to the download page would be nice, though.

]]> by: SilentBob http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-144 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:04:11 +0000 http://yamahito.net/blog/2007/04/04/keeping-applications-up-to-date/#comment-144 In a similar vein, but I think it's only concerned about security issues rather than the latest version of software, you can go to the Secunia website and use their Software Inspector (if you've got Java installed): http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ Hippo sounds interesting, but (like most other tools) it only tells you about updates and where to look, it won't install them for you. That's why I like Microsoft Update, and more (Microsoft) applications will apparently be appearing on there too. Obviously everyone is behind some of the app management tools that are available with many Linux distros, such as the Advanced Packaging Tool (apt-get can potentially make life a lot easier for managing Linux, as many newbies don't know how to configure make make install). In a similar vein, but I think it’s only concerned about security issues rather than the latest version of software, you can go to the Secunia website and use their Software Inspector (if you’ve got Java installed): http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

Hippo sounds interesting, but (like most other tools) it only tells you about updates and where to look, it won’t install them for you. That’s why I like Microsoft Update, and more (Microsoft) applications will apparently be appearing on there too.

Obviously everyone is behind some of the app management tools that are available with many Linux distros, such as the Advanced Packaging Tool (apt-get can potentially make life a lot easier for managing Linux, as many newbies don’t know how to configure make make install).

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