Which one is better to use on Tiger? Aka more up-to-date packages etc, what are the advantages of each?
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Macports vs Tigerbrew Which to use?
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I will confess to having used neither on Tiger specifically. However, consider that (1) MacPorts is a major project that supports a wide range of macOS versions, while (2) Tigerbrew is a much smaller project, but focused explicitly on Tiger.
Therefor, I would expect:
Personally, I would definitely go with MacPorts, as it's a huge project with lots of weight behind it—even if not all of that weight is actually directed at Tiger. It would also be nice to make sure that older OS's continue to be represented in their user statistics (make sure to do
Therefor, I would expect:
- MacPorts will have far more software available, but a lot of it probably hasn't been tested on Tiger specifically, and so some ports may not actually work.
- Tigerbrew will have far less software available, but all of it should actually work on Tiger.
Personally, I would definitely go with MacPorts, as it's a huge project with lots of weight behind it—even if not all of that weight is actually directed at Tiger. It would also be nice to make sure that older OS's continue to be represented in their user statistics (make sure to do
sudo port install mpstats).
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Tigerbrew is probably using its own repositories and do not share the same software databases as Homebrew right?
BTW if you use Macports, consider following this procedure in order to submit statistic to Macports: it helps us by informing developers that people keep using ports on PowerPC systems: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-6-powerpc-10a190-and-10-6-8-rosetta.2332711/
I came across this thread trying to figure out what TigerBrew does and if I should install it. I currently have partitions with 10.4.11 on several machines.
Sorry for the armature question. From what I’m reading I have two impressions of TigerBrew. One is that it’s more of a development tool. Two, that is could potentially update 10.4 to use program versions that were not originally supported on Tiger.
One more question- I can across a thread on Mac Garden that talked about installing a developers preview of Java 6 on 10.4. Is that something I should try doing and is TigerBrew part of that equation?
Sorry for the armature question. From what I’m reading I have two impressions of TigerBrew. One is that it’s more of a development tool. Two, that is could potentially update 10.4 to use program versions that were not originally supported on Tiger.
One more question- I can across a thread on Mac Garden that talked about installing a developers preview of Java 6 on 10.4. Is that something I should try doing and is TigerBrew part of that equation?
Tigerbrew assists you in installing additional software (open-source; mostly command-line-driven) by downloading and compiling the source code and also pulling in their dependencies so that you end up with a working executable without having to take care of all that yourself. It's like the FreeBSD Ports collection.