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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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On 2015-09-26, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>> > 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).
>
> 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

That's fine. I wasn't suggesting that you do what I do - just stating my
preference.

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