[OS X TeX] How to install PDFbox on MacOS X 10.5.6?

[Friedrich Vosberg]

On Sunday, March 08, 2009, at 12:44AM, <cfrees at imapmail.org> wrote:
>
>The instructions are right there. They begin with:
> 	If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find
> 	easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

What does Darwin Ports do on my system?

>And continue with:
> 	[...]
>
>Did you follow these instructions?

Not just yet. Due to the required password I'm hesitating to install Darwin Ports, as long as I do not understand what Darwin Ports do.

> What is unclear?

The function of Darwin Ports.

TIA and kind regards, Friedrich