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That was worth clicking through just to learn about Homebrew (http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew). Not sure I'll be leaving MacPort
by gcv 17y ago
That was worth clicking through just to learn about Homebrew (http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew). Not sure I'll be leaving MacPorts for it, but it's good to know alternatives exist (and no, fink doesn't count).
- tvon 17y agoI've been using Homebrew for about a week. It reminds me of the early days of Gentoo, a very simple system that makes it easy to add your own packages (which is good because the current selection is fairly slim compared to the alternatives). It's basically a nice way to manage locally complied packages, but it doesn't do a lot for you. For example, once you install MySQL you'll have to do any post setup yourself, like adding a mysql user, creating the initial database and setting it to start on boot.
- sant0sk1 17y agoYah homebrew looks really cool. I'm pretty happy with MacPorts (except for its lack of speed sometimes), but will be keeping my eye on homebrew for sure.