On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM Camm Maguire <c...@maguirefamily.org> wrote: > > Greetings! On a related topic, do macosx users typically use macports, > homebrew, or compile on their own? Likewise to windows users use cygwin > or compile on their own?
Not sure to what software you're referring, whether it's GCL, GMP, Maxima, or whatever. In any event, when I work on macOS, I have often used Homebrew, and .dmg installers, and also compiled packages myself. I've used macports a few times. On Windows, I typically rely on pre-packaged installers. Windows doesn't have Homebrew or anything like that to the best of my knowledge. My experience has been that trying to set up a development environment is phenomenally painful, so compiling stuff is a method of last resort for me. FWIW & all the best. Robert
