Thank you. /usr/local always seems iffy to me, but this is after years in linux making sure to make packages to install any software via package manager. The thing I liked about macport's /opt, which is actually something of a standard for non-pacakge-managed software in linux, is that it's relatively encapsulated away from the rest of the directory structure. But as long as it does a reasonable job of uninstalling everything in a package it should be fine.
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 1:44 AM, Dan Wilcox <danomat...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use Homebrew all the time. It’s great. Definitely nicer to use than > macports. > > I prefer Homebrew as it uses as many of the built in programs and libs > already on OSX. That means it’s *much* faster to install/build packages > since most things don’t require as many dependencies. You can, of course, > also install packages to supersede the often older versions that come with > the OS. > > Also, it uses the more standard /usr/local as opposed to Macport’s /opt, > so most build systems find things automatically. > > One more point, Homebrew has prebuilt binaries as well so installing *big > things* is relatively quick too. > > Actually, when Jonathan sent me the purr data wiki, I did a quick check > and pretty much all of the libs y’all install via macports are available in > Hombrew. > > -------- > Dan Wilcox > @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika> > danomatika.com > robotcowboy.com > > On Oct 9, 2016, at 11:35 PM, pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at wrote: > > *From: *IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoel...@iem.at> > *Subject: **Re: [PD] Purr Data beta 2* > *Date: *October 9, 2016 at 3:20:17 PM MDT > *To: *pd-list@lists.iem.at > > > On 10/09/2016 11:09 PM, Matt Barber wrote: > > Thanks for this, IOhannes. We've been using macports for most of the > development of purr-data on OSX (with a couple of fink installs for some > libraries). Do you find brew to be superior, or was this a comfortable > default? > > > i cannot really remember what led to the actual decision. > maybe brew was just the cool kid when i looked into it... > > however, i'm under the impression that so far i have had far less > troubles with brew than with fink and or macports. > keep in mind, that i hardly ever use any of these in real live. > (so while i probably find brew to be superior, i have virtually zero > data points to be able to defend this position). > > gfmd > IOhannes > > >
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