[aklug] Re: Linux on a laptop

From: Jeremy Austin <jhaustin@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Nov 11 2013 - 11:09:05 AKST

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:

> > > I too use macports. I strongly considered switching to homebrew,
> > > but upon examination it seemed as if that could be a lot of work.
> > >
> > > Any opinion on homebrew vs. macports Jeremy?
> >
> >
> > I do the ill-advised and use both. Homebrew has been less overall trouble
> > for me, but some patches are only available on macports. I'd say I prefer
> > brew but it also hasn't been around as long as macports.
> Aha! They *can* co-exist then.
> Perhaps using both is not so ill-advised...
>

I could be wrong, but I think if care is taken to not install the same
package (or support library) using both brew and macports, it is usually
not much trouble. Perhaps a little fiddling with PATH and library configs,
but so far I've not had many problems.

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