Macports vs Homebrew vs anything else?
I like Macports
8%
I like Homebrew
78%
I compile from source
8%
None of the above
6%
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After using LInux for 15 years, I recently switched to a Mac. I love the hardware (and finally I am able to print!), but I do miss apt-get / yum. Especially since I can replicate exactly what my production servers are running to my laptop.
I tried MacPorts, but the location of the config files are not the same as that on the server (eg, /etc/apache2/conf.d) and the way to start/restart servers (sudo service redis-server restart) is different ...
I haven't tried homebrew, but some say it could solve these problems, but it will break if and when you upgrade your Mac's OS.
What do you folks out there prefer?