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Fink, Homebrew, MacPorts, pkgsrc — can I run them in parallel on the same machine?

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I've been using Homebrew on my Mac forever, but sometimes I run into situations where a package is not available. For maximum choice, which of the 4 major package managers (am I missing any?) can be installed alongside each other, without undefined behavior? I assume it gets ugly unless one picks a primary package manager, and then just uses other ones for very targeted, narrow installs that don't duplicate dependencies etc.
Asked by nisc (261 rep)
Jul 26, 2021, 06:30 PM
Last activity: Dec 19, 2022, 11:03 PM