[MacPorts] InstallingMacPorts modified

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 19, 2014, at 17:00, Eric Gallager wrote:

> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> On May 11, 2014, at 20:47, MacPorts wrote:
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>> > Page "InstallingMacPorts" was changed by egall at gwmail.gwu.edu
>> > Diff URL: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/InstallingMacPorts?action=diff&version=73>
>> > Revision 73
>> > Comment: the "Install XWindows (X11)" section is kind of out-of-date; add some updated information to it
>> 
>> We should really just remove it. Installing X11 is not required to use MacPorts, and hasn't been for many years.
> 
> I was under the impression that the recommendation to install X11 was just a recommendation, and not actually a requirement... The section does not actually say that installing X11 is a requirement to use MacPorts, it just says that it is highly recommended for many MacPorts apps. Although I suppose that could be clarified some...
> 

I don't even recommend it. If you need the X11 app, install it using MacPorts (sudo port install xorg-server).