[lug] Mac package managers?

Brennen Bearnes bbearnes at gmail.com
Fri Jul 17 08:57:42 MDT 2015


As one more datapoint, Homebrew seems to have won this question for the
moment among the ~50% of my nerd cohort who use Macs all the time.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Alexander Vallens <avallens at gmail.com>
wrote:

> +1
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> oh, the one thing that you should really really avoid if possible is
>> using more than one at a time. That gets super confusing, and in some
>> cases, they stomp on one another.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I also like Macports for packages on Macs. A lot of my coworkers prefer
>>> brew, but as far as I can tell they are roughly equivalent. They each have
>>> their own set of slightly different quirks, but they both get the job done.
>>> I haven't used fink in years, but when I did it was a pain in the ass.
>>> Don't know if that's true anymore.
>>>
>>> I'd just make sure the one you run with has packages for the stuff you
>>> want and dive in.
>>>
>>> Q
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Drew Kelling <akelling at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Been a few years since I have used a mac as my daily driver. I really
>>>> liked Macports. You will run into some issues after upgrading to the lasted
>>>> and greatest OSX version was my experience. I used fink and it was alright
>>>> but I liked the more BSD ports way of doing things. I have heard good
>>>> things about HomeBrew but never tried it.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:35 Jeffrey S. Haemer <
>>>> jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> My world has long been Linux, with some ChromeOS thrown in lately for
>>>>> leavening.
>>>>>
>>>>> For a variety of reasons, I need to supplement this, by buying a Mac.
>>>>> I'd like advice on Mac package managers, of which there seems to be a
>>>>> plethora.
>>>>>
>>>>> This may be a "vi or emacs?", holy-war question, so I'm a little
>>>>> nervous about asking. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> My general impression, after googling, is that if Macports is Coors,
>>>>> then Homebrew is Fat Tire, Fink is PBR, and everything else is niche,
>>>>> package-management microbrews.
>>>>>
>>>>> My inclination, today, would be to go with Homebrew because it's
>>>>> supposed to be "git-based," but I'm not even sure what that means, yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
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