On Oct 16, 2009, at 13:09, Scott Haneda wrote:
This is how problems go...
1) port install foo
2) error
3) email mailing list, get advice
4) port -d install foo
5) email -d log to mailing list
6) profit
Why can't macports always run a debug log, not to stdout, but to an
install.log, that was
+ Randolph Fritz rfritz...@gmail.com:
On 2009-10-15, Wendy Bossons wboss...@mit.edu wrote:
Can someone explain the purpose of Macports and why I might need it?
Broadly, because it's an easy-to-use library of useful free
software. It provides, especially, dependency tracking, which
On Oct 16, 2009, at 06:37, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
Broadly, because it's an easy-to-use library of useful free
software. It provides, especially, dependency tracking, which means
that when you install a package you want, you get the packages that
that that package depends on automatically,
This is how problems go...
1) port install foo
2) error
3) email mailing list, get advice
4) port -d install foo
5) email -d log to mailing list
6) profit
Why can't macports always run a debug log, not to stdout, but to an
install.log, that was perhaps rotated, or kept the last install at
On 15/10/2009 16:08, Wendy Bossons wrote:
I recently transitioned to a new software project, and I am using Mac
now as a development platform instead of Windows. I keep seeing Macports
come up as a way to install software, but I don't understand what it is
and why I might need it.
Can someone
On Oct 15, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Wendy Bossons wrote:
I recently transitioned to a new software project, and I am using
Mac now as a development platform instead of Windows. I keep seeing
Macports come up as a way to install software, but I don't
understand what it is and why I might need
Le 15 oct. 2009 à 17:28, Mikel King a écrit :
Because there are thousands of readily available applications only a
'port install' away. Say you want to install lighttpd + PHP + MySql
to host
I could add that the advantage of compiling instead of just
downloading and adding binaries is
There is a lot of unix software out-there that is distributed in
source form. If everyone who wanted to use the software had to have
knowledge of all the intricacies involved in getting basic
software,compiled, installed, and running we would lose a lot of
efficiencies as users.
Each
On Oct 15, 2009, at 10:08, Wendy Bossons wrote:
I recently transitioned to a new software project, and I am using
Mac now as a development platform instead of Windows. I keep seeing
Macports come up as a way to install software, but I don't
understand what it is and why I might need it.
On Oct 15, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Oct 15, 2009, at 10:08, Wendy Bossons wrote:
I recently transitioned to a new software project, and I am using
Mac now as a development platform instead of Windows. I keep seeing
Macports come up as a way to install software, but I
On 2009-10-15, Wendy Bossons wboss...@mit.edu wrote:
Can someone explain the purpose of Macports and why I might need it?
Broadly, because it's an easy-to-use library of useful free software.
It provides, especially, dependency tracking, which means that when
you install a package you want,
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