[MacPorts] InstallingMacPorts modified

[Eric Gallager]

Oops, did not see this before updating in
https://trac.macports.org/wiki/InstallingMacPorts?action=diff&version=74 ...
anyways, the directions on how to install it with MacPorts are under there,
too, but that is just one way to do it. While it might be better to install
it with MacPorts, the user should at least know how it has traditionally
been done and why we now recommend installing it with MacPorts so that they
can have all the information to properly evaluate whether they want to do
things the old way or the new way.



On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>wrote:

>
> 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:
> >>
> >> > 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 Comment: the "Install XWindows (X11)" section is kind of out-of-date;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).
>
>
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