Macports

Macports is a community driven package manager for MacOS.
Unlike brew, macports manages an entirely separate copy of executables/libraries - less problematic with system updates.

See Also brew.

Documentation

install docs	https://www.macports.org/install.php
uninstall docs	https://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html

Locations

/opt/local/var/macports/software	installed software
/opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf	config

NOTE:

I'm not sure if macports works like freebsd ports, you might only download makefiles upon user request..

Install

https://www.macports.org/install.php

• Install xcode from the app store
• Install macports version appropriate to your OSX version

Usage

# help
man port                   # Docs
port installed             # list installed packages

# updating
sudo port -v selfupdate     # update index
sudo port upgrade outdated  # update all outdated software
port outdated
port upgrade <package>

# installing
sudo port search           # Search for a package
sudo port clean <package>  # Make Clean
sudo port install <package>
sudo port -fp uninstall <package>

# cleanup
port installed inactive    # show stray dependencies
port uninstall inactive    # delete stray dependencies

# uninstall everything
sudo port -fp uninstall installed

# remove macports user/group
sudo dscl . -delete /Users/macports
sudo dscl . -delete /Groups/macports

# delete remaining traces of macports
sudo rm -rf \
    /opt/local \
    /Applications/DarwinPorts \
    /Applications/MacPorts \
    /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \
    /Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \
    /Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg \
    /Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \
    /Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \
    /Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \
    ~/.macports