Mountain Lion X11

[Scott Webster]

Thanks.  Things seem to work again (installed xorg-server).  Was any
thought given to just adding dependencies to xorg-server for X11 requiring
ports?  Only for Mountain Lion I guess.


On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>wrote:

>
> On Feb 9, 2013, at 19:58, Scott Webster wrote:
>
> > I think I've just come to the realization that the reason "nothing
> works" is that I no longer have X11 installed after the mountain lion
> upgrade.
> >
> > I'm somewhat surprised that there was no dependency on any X11 package
> when I reinstalled all my ports, but I guess the assumption is that you
> might be using an X11 installed outside of macports (which seems perhaps
> counter to the usual philosophy).
> >
> > Is there a "recommended" solution?  There are various x11 ports in
> macports.... or should I just install the xquartz dmg from their website?
> >
> > Sorry, I'm sure this has been asked a million times, and there is a
> bunch of talk about it on the web etc, but I guess I'm trying to make sure
> I do it the "usual" way.  We should probably also update the macports
> installation webpage, which says that X11 is included unconditionally in
> Lion, but makes no mention of Mountain Lion.
>
> Apple no longer includes an X11 server as of Mountain Lion. That was their
> decision.
>
> I recommend installing the xorg-server port. This will give you
> /Applications/MacPorts/X11.app.
>
> If you prefer, you can install XQuartz. It's exactly the same software as
> the xorg-server port, but MacPorts won't manage its updates. Personally I
> prefer to have MacPorts managing as many updates as it can.
>
>
>
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