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I think MacPorts is a much better tool than Homebrew with way more useful packages. It also installs itself into /opt/local by default so it doesn't conflict wi
by joesmo 11y ago
I think MacPorts is a much better tool than Homebrew with way more useful packages. It also installs itself into /opt/local by default so it doesn't conflict with other stuff in /usr/local and for actual OS X or X-Windows apps, it installs them in /Applications. Luckily, they can both live on one system if you're careful, as some people insist on providing only Homebrew copies of their software, which is a bit unfortunate considering that MacPorts is clearly the better system.
- Alphasite_ 11y agoI found home-brew much more problematic and more significantly much slower when i last used it (a few years back now).
- stephenr 11y agoAt this point I've given up on any of these "package managers" for OS X. I've thought about starting a project (possibly with some support from my company, which focuses on Linux packaging) to provide a) a tool to download and install .pkg files, and b) a toolchain for more easily building .pkg files for the things that aren't available.
- aldanor 11y agoAnd I found Homebrew to be a "much better tool than MacPorts with way more useful packages" which to me is "clearly the better system" :) Been using it for the last 5 years and had many chances to compare both. See, it's all opinionated.