Can MacPorts be used without full Xcode without any issues?

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Tue Apr 8 05:34:37 PDT 2014


On Apr 8, 2014, at 07:33, Amarendra Kumar wrote:

> Yes, I have CMD Line Tools installed but any port I tried to install I got an error and none of them worked. I didn't face this issue with Homebrew though so I thought I'll ask here as I might be doing sth wrong.

My understanding is that Homebrew supports the use of the command line tools without Xcode. MacPorts at this time does not.

> Also, can I use MacPorts even if Homebrew is installed? Homebrew throws error and advises and advises me to remove MacPorts.

No, please choose one package manager only, and uninstall any others. They interfere with one another.



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