Gentoo Prefix as an alternative to MacPorts, Fink

I don’t think many people are aware of it, but Gentoo Prefix is a valid alternative to MacPorts and Fink for installing unix-y type software on Mac OS X.

Personally, I just use it to install all those command line tools and utilities I miss from Linux.

Here’s my development-centric laundry list of things I’ve used it to install:

• version control
  • cvs
  • darcs
  • git
• Java stuff (yep, it supports Java using Apple’s SDK)
  • ant
  • maven
• Others
  • nmap
  • keychain

So remember kiddies, Gentoo works on Mac OS X too!