On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically I'd say using MacPorts lets you easily install software, keep it > updated, and uninstall it. Meeting those needs without using MacPorts can be > very easy for some projects (like those that offer Mac disk images with > drag-install apps that auto-update), or can be very difficult for others (and > for those, using MacPorts can be a great help). >
Yep. I find Macports to be great for things that come with installers that put a bunch of stuff in /usr/local and/or a bunch of other locations. How can I get rid of that stuff if I decide I don't want it anymore and I don't know where it all went? Macports doesn't have this problem. .apps aren't so annoying though, so I don't mind having some of them. Things like the gimp-app port give you a combination, with a macports installed port and a fancy icon to click on that points to it. Scott _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
