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I don't know either! I've tried MacPorts in the past but for some reason I always ended up on Homebrew again -- I can't recall why. I should probably give it an
by iainmerrick 3y ago
I don't know either! I've tried MacPorts in the past but for some reason I always ended up on Homebrew again -- I can't recall why. I should probably give it another try.
One possible minor advantage of Homebrew is that it works on both macOS and Linux. I recently found this very handy for setting up a project with developers on Macs and CI on Linux. Almost no OS-specific build steps were needed.
A couple more points, from a quick scan of the respective docs:
"Homebrew won’t install files outside its prefix and you can place a Homebrew installation wherever you like." The MacPorts docs are much less clear, I can't tell if it can do that.
Homebrew gives "brew install --cask firefox" as an example of installing a GUI app. MacPorts doesn't seem to have Firefox.
I'm curious what makes MacPorts "much more correct", if anyone wants to clarify that.