Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my...

From	ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject	Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my...
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.systems
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Date	2015-09-26 05:54 -0500

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> > Personally, I avoid package managers and just install from source. I
> > dislike the overhead of a package manager, and most open source software
> > I want to run is relatively easily compiled in OS X (usually just a
> > simple: ./configure, make, sudo make install).

> I gave up "doing it by hand" when I hit packages that dependencies of 
> over 100 packages.  That's why I switched to a package manager.  These 
> days I'd rather just install a package and have the manager download the 
> 100 dependencies and compile them than go through the multiple 
> iterations of looking up where to download something, downloading it, 
> finding out it needs specific libraries that I also have to download.  
> The last time I tried this was with php 5.4 with various components.  I 
> spent 4 days working on it and finally just gave up and used the Apple 
> version.  Some years later, I needed a version with mod_<something> 
> which Apple didn't provide.  So I downloaded the module, identical 
> version of php, libraries, etc., built the module then installed it on 
> the php modules directory, tossing the rest.

> The OP isn't a developer and may not have any experience building 
> software from open source or whatever.  You're suggestion that he just 
> build it himself is sort of like handing a wrench to your mom and asking 
> her to fix her own car.  She may be able to do it, but my mom doesn't 
> know a distributor from an air filter.

Exactly. I don't have the time, patience, and knowledge to do those 
since I work, take care of family and clients, etc. I just want "it 
just works" like Apple used to say. Hence why I use old stuff because 
they just work fine. :P
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Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-25 20:00 -0500
  Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-09-25 18:16 -0700
    Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-25 21:08 -0500
      Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-09-26 00:37 -0500
        Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-26 01:05 -0500
        Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-09-25 23:48 -0700
      Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-09-27 19:11 +0200
        Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-27 19:32 -0500
    Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-09-27 19:10 +0200
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    Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-09-25 23:57 -0700
      Re: Fink, MacPorts, HomeBrew, oh my... ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-26 05:54 -0500
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