- #Brew install aclocal how to#
- #Brew install aclocal mac os x#
- #Brew install aclocal mac os#
A possible hack to achieve this is to create the following script to use instead of the standard MacPort syntax to run MacPort installations and everything. Now you have MacPorts installed and updated, but you still need some little hack to make sure it will not interfere with Homebrew later. This update will take a while, depending on your internet connection and your Mac speed into computing all the received info. Time to synch up your MacPorts installation, to do so get back at your terminal window and type:. (So double click on the file icon that will be located in the directory where you downloaded the file and follow instructions from there). #Brew install aclocal mac os#
Once you’ve downloaded the correct Pkg file (or dmg file for some version of Mac OS X), install it as your would install a normal Pkg file or dmg file. #Brew install aclocal mac os x#
Now, download MacPorts Package file correspondent to the Mac OS X version installed on your Mac, you can download the correct Pkg from here:. At this point accept Xcode license by executing:. This will install the required command line developer tools. Once you’ve installed Xcode, run Mac OS X terminal and type: 
To install MacPorts you first need to install Apple Xcode on your Mac, you can install Xcode using the Apple store application on your Mac. Let’s get started! First of all let’s install MacPorts: I have used both of them for quite a long time now without having any issue, but the two solutions are NOT developed to work together, so you need to pay some attention. I find Homebrew really useful and easy to use, so I definitely recommend to install it to all novice (or advanced) developers, it will boost all the tedious activities of properly install/configure OSS libraries on the Mac! More info about Homebrew here.Ĭan MacPorts and Homebrew coexist on the same system?. Homebrew is a free/open source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on the Mac OS X operating system. I use it since the beginning of this project and recommend to install it to all OSS developers who wants to work on OSS software using their Macs, more info on Mac Ports here. The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the OS X operating system. 
Mac has two important “porting” projects where 2 communities of developers are constantly porting OSS (Open Source Software) on the Mac platform: Requirementsįirst of all let’s install the basic requirements:
#Brew install aclocal how to#
This is a how-to article so I assume you know how to use Mac OS X terminal and commands like sudo. If you don’t have these requirements, please make some practice first or you may end up messing with your Mac. To follow this article you need to have some confidence using Mac OS terminal application and some basic Mac command line experience.
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