Wow, What a response! I figured this would be a great place to ask.
I'm pretty comfortable with the command line, so after checking out Homebrew, I think I'm sold. They cut through alot of the BS most package management systems don't really seem to address up front, like the "we don't install anything outside of the --prefix install path", and the sudo-not-needed approach. The thing that has always bugged me about apt and yum, besides the fact that apt has at least three layers available to you for installing software (dpkg, apt, aptitude), is that it is hard to track down what the heck those things are installing and where. So going with the "configure and make your own" approach allows me to grasp my system structure a bit better. And I know where to look! PS: Is anyone else confused by the legacy convention of using /usr/local or /opt as the place to install software programs? Some things in *nix should be taken out back and put down... Thanks for the help everyone, Adam -- Adam Grant Lead Web Engineer Telaeris, Inc. [email protected] (858) 627-9710 -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
