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Have you tried MacPorts? I use Linux extensively in the server side but really don't like using it as a development machine. I'm using a rMBP right now.

• ams6110 13y ago
  I've just been setting up MacPorts and pkgsrc side-by-side and though certainly have not plumbed the depths of either, I'm finding MacPorts to work better and have more packages.
  • jrochkind1 13y ago
    Huh, everyone I know switched to `brew` as an OSX package manager and never looked back. I've been quite happy with `brew`.
    • jmgtan 13y ago
      Never really understood the appeal of brew. I tried it several times, ended up wasting a lot of time looking for the recipes. I might be using it incorrectly. I do enjoy using MacPorts because I can quickly search the packages from their website.
      • ollysb 13y ago
        Brew's got you covered, to find mysql for instance it's just $ brew search mysql
      • tluyben2 13y ago
        That is weird; I like brew better than macports so far. It hasn't failed me, as long as you keep everything updated.
    • pbsdp 13y ago
      brew just seems like a less mature macports. most of the differentiating features have disappeared as brew gradually discovered the same problems that macports/fink had already learned over the past decade.