Welcome to Rudix!

Rudix is a collection of pre-built Unix software delivered as packages for OS X: “The hassle-free way to get Unix programs on OS X.

Why?

Ready to use, don't need to compile anything.
Compatible with Yosemite (work in progress), Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion and Snow Leopard (PowerPC is not supported).
Included dependencies when applicable.
A wide selection of packages.
Developer friendly.

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Quick Start!

For Rudix 2013 and previous versions, please proceed with the following bootstrap, otherwise you will never upgrade your package manager to the version 2014!

Bootstrapping Rudix with help of command line is easy, just open the Terminal.app and type:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rudix-mac/rpm/2014.10/rudix.py
sudo python rudix.py install rudix

or compressed in one-line:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rudix-mac/rpm/2014.10/rudix.py | sudo python - install rudix

You will be probably asked for administrator password.

Now you are ready to use Rudix packages, type the command rudix search to get a list of packages for installation. For example, use sudo rudix install wget to install wget (GNU Wget). Learn more »

Please, Donate!

We like to say that Rudix is handcrafted work, much like the artisans do. You can help to contribute by donating an amount – no donation is too small – via Paypal.

All donations are confidential and remain anonymous unless you say otherwise. If you would like to see your name or your company acknowledged here as a donor or sponsor, let us know.