On Mon, 2016-10-10 at 09:13 -0400, Matt Barber wrote: > 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.
/usr/local [1] is exactly meant for _local_ installations that do not interfere with any package management system and has the advantage that binaries in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin usually are automatically found by shells like bash. Roman [1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-4.9.html > 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 > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/lis > tinfo/pd-list
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