#UPDATE VIM MAC OS X HOW TO#
#UPDATE VIM MAC OS X INSTALL#

#UPDATE VIM MAC OS X INSTALL#

Install is the same as InstallMacPortsUpdater above. PortsUpdate is a bash script that runs updates, upgrades & cleanup of your MacPorts package database, ensuring that you are always up to date on features & any security &/or bug fixes of your critical unixy apps. resolves an issue with launchd which is that scripts/applications/programs in /opt/local/bin are not in launchdвЂs path.Д¬om. tells launchd where portsUpdate is located & when to run it. So if you want to inspect it before you install, just:ДЄnd then to install you would just set Install executable if it isnвЂ™t, then run it with sudo. System Preferences > Engery Saver > Enable Power Nap I tend to enable Power Nap, especially on fixed workstations: In particular, note the policy on timed launchd jobs and the computer state: if your machine is asleep, itвЂ™ll run when it wakes, if itвЂ™s off, itвЂ™ll run the next time itвЂ™s scheduled.

#UPDATE VIM MAC OS X HOW TO#

If you want to know how to use it and want to read the scripts (or even improve upon them!) please read on alongвЂ¦ & your old packages will be removed every Sunday to keep your system running lean. Your MacPorts will update every morning at 3:30 a.m. If you trust me (donвЂ™t, why would you), you can just download the installer, open Terminal.app, &вЂ¦ PortsUpdate is a launchd xml file that runs a bash script once daily to update MacPorts, an associated launchd xml to ensure that the path is correct, and an associated installer. YMMV, IвЂ™m not responsible if you break your system in any case.

I am not going to test it with older Mac versions, although if your system runs launchd, you could try it. Note: portsUpdate works with OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Introducing portsUpdate! You can download the portsUpdate via git. My goal was to automagically keep MacPorts up-to-date, ala UbuntuвЂ™s unattended upgrades.В Because IвЂ™m old, I put port selfupdate, port upgrade outdated & port uninstall inactive in rootвЂ™s crontab, but then today I was reading more and decided that I really ought to do it the Mac way since itвЂ™ll be upgrade proof.

HereвЂ™s the Apple kb info for timed jobs using launchd (which includes the notice of deprecation) and hereвЂ™s a great tutorial on using launchd. Best practice is to move your cron jobs to launchd. Mmmmmk, so apparently cron is going the way of the dodo on OS X/Darwin.

Update vim mac os x