mac package management

[cody dooderson]

I found a little blog entry on Mac package management.

http://www.onthelambda.com/2013/10/14/the-state-of-package-management-on-mac-os-x/

I have used macports and brew. Neither of which is as good as apt-get on ubuntu. 

Brew claims to conflict with macports, but in my experience you need to use both because neither has all of the necessary packages.  

Does anybody experience with pkgsrc/pkgin?

Cody Smith

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I’m content with brew these days.

And they figured out how to output a beer mug on the terminal which I still think is pretty cool :)

On Mar 20, 2014, at 2:34 PM, cody dooderson <[hidden email]> wrote:

I found a little blog entry on Mac package management.

http://www.onthelambda.com/2013/10/14/the-state-of-package-management-on-mac-os-x/

I have used macports and brew. Neither of which is as good as apt-get on ubuntu. 

Brew claims to conflict with macports, but in my experience you need to use both because neither has all of the necessary packages.  

Does anybody experience with pkgsrc/pkgin?

Cody Smith

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[Russell Standish-2]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 02:42:37PM -0600, Joshua Thorp wrote:
> I’m content with brew these days.
>
> And they figured out how to output a beer mug on the terminal which I still think is pretty cool :)
>
> On Mar 20, 2014, at 2:34 PM, cody dooderson <[hidden email]> wrote:

I wasn't aware of Brew. I'm using MacPorts. Compile from source when
not available. Does Brew deliver binaries, or is it all source builds
like how MacPorts does it.

One of the great things about using Linux packages (like the openSUSE
Build Service I'm using) is how quickly one can get and install some
random package. Source package deliverers loses that speed advantage,
although its still a win when it sorts out the dependencies for you.

Multi-day installations are still a common occurance for me,
particular on Windows and Mac.

Cheers


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[Owen Densmore]

I tried brew and it complained about my having some apps/libraries that I had gotten previously .. the basic /usr/lib & /usr/bin sort of thing.

Haven't tried MacPorts but I sure do want access to the unix ecology on my Mac.

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Russell Standish <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 02:42:37PM -0600, Joshua Thorp wrote:
> I’m content with brew these days.
>
> And they figured out how to output a beer mug on the terminal which I still think is pretty cool :)
>
> On Mar 20, 2014, at 2:34 PM, cody dooderson <[hidden email]> wrote:

I wasn't aware of Brew. I'm using MacPorts. Compile from source when
not available. Does Brew deliver binaries, or is it all source builds
like how MacPorts does it.

One of the great things about using Linux packages (like the openSUSE
Build Service I'm using) is how quickly one can get and install some
random package. Source package deliverers loses that speed advantage,
although its still a win when it sorts out the dependencies for you.

Multi-day installations are still a common occurance for me,
particular on Windows and Mac.

Cheers


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