How to get a binary only archive?

Marc André Selig mselig at gmail.com
Wed Jul 11 10:30:57 PDT 2007


On 7/11/07, andlabs <pietro10 at mac.com> wrote:
> Marc André Selig-2 wrote:
> > sudo port mpkg gnumeric
> Thanks! This would really help! (I used Platypus the first time, and there
> were reported problems).
>
> Three questions:
> 1) Where will the mpkg be?

Probably in $prefix/var/macports/build/*_gnome_gnumeric/work/gnumeric*.mpkg

> 2) Does it have an uninstall feature?

I don't think mpkg packages can easily be uninstalled.

> 3) Does the end-user need to have MacPorts or is this standalone?

It is specifically targeted at end-users who don't have or want
MacPorts.  It will happily install over an existing MacPorts
installation and might even mess it up for all I know.

Please, anybody, correct me if I'm wrong. ;-)

Regards,
Marc



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