A fresh in stall of OSX does not have a /usr/local directory, so it is encapsulated to a certain extent. Homebrew actually installs things into it’s own location at /usr/local/Cellar and then symlinks to the standard locations.
-------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> > On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:13 AM, Matt Barber <brbrof...@gmail.com> 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. 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 > <mailto: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 <http://danomatika.com/> > robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> >> On Oct 9, 2016, at 11:35 PM, pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at >> <mailto:pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at> wrote: >> >> From: IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoel...@iem.at <mailto: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 <mailto: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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