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Based on some bad internet advice I appear to have installed homebrew without realizing it is not compatible (so to speak) with macports, and so I installed ghostscript via homebrew, without realizing that I had already installed it via macports, and that it appears to have been already installed "natively"...<br>
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I don't know how I created this mess...but am not sure what to do.<br>
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Should I delete ghostscript from homebrew? If I do will I destroy it from macports? Will I destroy the 9.05 version?<br>
I know that I am using ghostscript with LyX and some other TeX programs...I will have to figure out how to make sure they will still function but I think they all look for gs in usr/local/bin...ack!<br></blockquote><div>
<br></div><div>Homebrew was specifically created as an arrogant and hostile alternative to traditional OS X package managers such as MacPorts and Fink. You can NOT use it with any other package manager. I'm actually fascinated that anyone, anywhere on the net, would have advised you differently. Whoever did that are complete idiots.<br>
<br></div><div>You need to choose which package manager you want to run, and delete the other. Homebrew is mainly intended to be used by developers who use their system almost exclusively for development. They are unconcerned with the effects of mucking with /usr/local and it's ownership or permissions. For everyone else, MacPorts, Fink, or Pkgsrc are preferred. They keep their environment segregated from the rest of the system, and because of this, even though any MacPorts admin will strongly and vehemently advise against even trying it, they can work in concert with each other.<br>
<br></div><div>Yes, you can delete Ghostscript from Homebrew and it won't destroy anything in MacPorts, but the bigger problem is the fact that you installed Homebrew in the first place.<br><br></div><div>Art McGee<br>
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