PortAuthority Alternatives

Apps similar to PortAuthority include Synaptic, which is free and open source. Other options are MacPorts, Pallet and PackageKit. In total there are four Package Managers like PortAuthority for Mac and Linux.

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  1. Synaptic icon

    Synaptic

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    Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.

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    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce
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    MacPorts

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    The MacPorts Project is an opensource package management system that simplifies compiling, installing, upgrading, and removal of other open-source software on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and later, running on Intel or Apple Silicon.

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    • Mac
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  4. Pallet icon

    Pallet

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    Pallet is the official MacPorts GUI app for Mac OS X and was started as a GSoC project in May 2009. It is in active development and continuous improvement (this is a beta product).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    PackageKit

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    A D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API.

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    • Linux
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