Rudix is a collection of Unix software packages for OS X Lion (plus Snow Leopard).

Here’s why you should use it:

• Zero dependencies. Every package is self-contained and has everything it needs to work. Rudix tries its best not to add extra dependencies to anything but the native Mac OS X libraries. For the end user this translates as: install and play.
• Made for Lion (and Snow Leopard too). Rudix 2011 is made for OSX Lion (plus compatibility packages for Snow Leopard) and use the built-in Mac package system. All packages are Universal Binaries (Intel 32-bit & 64-bit), unfortunately PowerPC is no longer supported.

• Developer Friendly. Rudix has a number of libraries and tools aimed at developers, that are hard to compile on snow leopard. For example we have the Boost c++ libraries and glib, both compiled Universal and ready to use.

• Ready to use. To get a new software on your machine you should not need to wait a long time/have xcode installed/drain your battery, in Rudix we do that for you. All the packages are already compiled, no need to waste precious battery time to get updated.

• A wide selection of Packages. Rudix tries to have all the packages you are really going to need on Mac OS X. If it doesn't have the package you need, check our guide to see if you can get them somewhere else or ask for it in our request page.

• Web or command line. You can choose between the website or command line to find new packages and whatever you choose the packages will work just the same.

Installing

Download the Rudix package manager available in Featured section (look at the left-side ;). Double-click in the package to start the installation and follow the instructions.

Bootstrapping Rudix with help of command line is possible, open a Terminal and type:

curl -O http://rudix.googlecode.com/hg/Ports/rudix/rudix.py
sudo python rudix.py install rudix

or compressed in one-line:

curl http://rudix.googlecode.com/hg/Ports/rudix/rudix.py | sudo python - install rudix

Now you can use Rudix package manager to install other packages. For each program you want just do:

sudo rudix install <package-name>

sudo rudix install wget
sudo rudix install lynx

You will be probably asked for administrator password.