Switching from MacPorts to Homebrew
I've recently decided that even though I love the BSD style
MacPorts system, it can be too clunky to maintain and doesn't handle dependancies as well as I'd like (much like the actual BSD ports collection). So, in doing a little looking I found that
Fink is still out of date, but
Homebrew is very simple and also really elegant comparatively speaking.
Since homebrew doesn't wrk well with other packge systems installed, and I already
I'd like to know what I had installed since this system has been in use for 2+ years, so I do a list and send it to a txt file:
touch ~/Documents/installed.macports.txt
sudo port list installed > Documents/installed.macports.txt
sudo cat .macports/history >> ~/Documents/installed.macports.txt
Then I remove the installed packages:
sudo port -f uninstall installed
Per the instructions found on the
MacPorts page, remove all of the directories as such:
sudo rm -rf \
/opt/local \
/Applications/DarwinPorts \
/Applications/MacPorts \
/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \
/Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \
/Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg \
/Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \
/Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \
/Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \
~/.macports
If this is an upgraded machine (say, from 10.6 to 10.7), you'll need to also reinstall the Xcode Developer Tools via the app store before installing homebrew.
After waiting forever to get XCode downloaded, and since it's been installed via the App Store under Lion (10.7), I need to run the “Install Xcode” app that is placed in /Applications.
sudo /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"
You'll then see something like this:
==> This script will install:
/usr/local/bin/brew
/usr/local/Library/Formula/...
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/...
==> The following directories will be made group writable:
/usr/local/share/man
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
/usr/local/share/man/man8
/usr/local/share/doc
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/include
/usr/local/lib
/usr/local/share
==> The following directories will have their group set to staff:
/usr/local/share/man
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
/usr/local/share/man/man8
/usr/local/share/doc
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/include
/usr/local/lib
/usr/local/share
Press enter to continue
If you want to continue, hit enter. In my case, I saw this:
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod o+w /usr/local
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod g+w /usr/local/share/man /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig /usr/local/share/man/man8 /usr/local/share/doc /usr/local/bin /usr/local/include /usr/local/lib /usr/local/share
==> /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/chgrp staff /usr/local/share/man /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig /usr/local/share/man/man8 /usr/local/share/doc /usr/local/bin /usr/local/include /usr/local/lib /usr/local/share
==> Downloading and Installing Homebrew...
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod o-w /usr/local
Warning: Now install Xcode: http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html
Warning: The following *evil* dylibs exist in /usr/local/lib
They may break builds or worse. You should consider deleting them:
/usr/local/lib/libfuse.2.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libfuse_ino64.2.dylib
==> Installation successful!
Now type: brew help
I chose to leave those libraries and deal with the fallout as I saw it.
Now I need to install the base repository manager that brew uses:
sudo brew install git
Then I can update the brew repository:
sudo brew update
That's basically it. Now I can install apps via HomeBrew using the simple command:
sudo brew install
I chose to install nmap as a test:
sudo brew install nmap
You're done. Enjoy your HomeBrew =)
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