===== BPM =====
**BPM (BSD Ports Manipulator)** is a graphical ports collection manager for [[http://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]]. It has a [[http://www.gtk.org/|GTK+ 2.0]] interface and allows you to add, remove, or upgrade software packages on your system without requiring you to use a command-line. In addition, it can display details about available, installed, and out-of-date ports, as well as allowing you to search based on port descriptions.

**BPM** efficently uses the existing ports collection structure, allowing it to build ports from source and integrate seamlessly with other tools.

This project started out as a clone of the **[[http://www.opendarwin.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/proj/darwinports/dports/sysutils/portmanager/|Ports Manager.app]]** for **[[http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/darwinports/|DarwinPorts]]**.

==== Features ====
  * Provides a front-end for the ports collection, sorting by category and port state (installed/uninstalled/stale).
  * Allows you to perform individual actions on ports; fetch, checksum, build, install, uninstall, clean.
  * Builds compressed packages from installed ports for use on other machines or backup purposes.
  * Integrates with [[http://www.freebsd.org/ports/sysutils.html#portupgrade-20040325_1|portupgrade]].

==== Screenshots ====
|  [[http://www.meowfishies.com/img/bpm/bpm-view.png|{{http://www.meowfishies.com/img/bpm/bpm-view.tn.png}}]] | [[http://www.meowfishies.com/img/bpm/bpm-install.png|{{http://www.meowfishies.com/img/bpm/bpm-install.tn.png}}]] | [[http://www.meowfishies.com/img/bpm/bpm-details.png|{{http://www.meowfishies.com/img/bpm/bpm-details.tn.png}}]] |

==== License ====		
It should be fairly obvious, but **BPM** is released under the terms of the BSD public license.

==== Download ====
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**WARNING: Ports Manipulator** is currently under active development, and is not recommended for use on production systems. Any testing and feedback are extremely appreciated.

If you're a current user of [[http://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]], **BPM** is now in the ports tree under ''[[http://www.freebsd.org/ports/sysutils.html#bpm|sysutils/bpm]]''.

**Version 0.4.1-BETA (Latest):**

[[http://www.meowfishies.com/code/bpm/bpm-0.4.1b.tgz|Download source archive (GZipped Tar file)]]

Historical versions are kept [[http://www.meowfishies.com/code/bpm/|here]].

==== Change History ====
**Version 0.4.1-BETA**
  * FreeBSD port added as ''sysutils/bpm''.
  * Renamed project to BPM (BSD Ports Manipulator).
  * Added Canadian English translation.
  * Fixed a few minor bugs.

**Version 0.4-ALPHA**
  * Added Natural Language Support (NLS).
  * Added a log window to show the output of commands.
  * Allowed the user to choose an output filename when building packages.
  * Fixed a bug when the pkg-descr file was missing for a port.
  * Updated to new GTK+ API: version 2.4.1.
  * Fixed a bug where the main window could only be resized and grown, not shrunk.

**Version 0.3-ALPHA**

  * First public release.

==== Missing Features/Additional Ideas ====
  * Many tunable settings and a preferences dialog.
  * A recursive deinstall action.
  * Many translations. (translators wanted!)
  * Installed port checksum verify action.
  * Detection of removed, renamed, or re-categorized ports.
  * Support for [[http://www.netbsd.org/|NetBSD]]'s pkgsrc, and whatever [[http://www.openbsd.org/|OpenBSD]] uses.

==== Similar Projects ====
  * [[http://www.student.uni-oldenburg.de/frerich.raabe/barry/|Barry]] by Frerich Raabe
  * [[http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/sysutils/pib|pib]] by Michael Smith

==== Contact ====
This project is maintained by [[start|Seth Kingsley]], email <''''<sethk@magnesium.net>''''>.