Migrating /opt and /usr/local to new MacBook?

[self]

Sorry for what is probably a faq, but I'm not clear on the best way to migrate my old /opt and /usr/local to a new MacBook? I have a ton of stuff in there that I can't easily reinstall, for example an entire Gentoo distribution compiled (painfully) from source. Maybe just use tar?

The source machine is a first-generation MacBook currently running 10.8.5 and the destination will be the new generation MacBook.

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Just realized this should probably have been posted in the OS X section. Sorry about that.

 

[great high wolf]

Sorry for what is probably a faq, but I'm not clear on the best way to migrate my old /opt and /usr/local to a new MacBook? I have a ton of stuff in there that I can't easily reinstall, for example an entire Gentoo distribution compiled (painfully) from source. Maybe just use tar?

The source machine is a first-generation MacBook currently running 10.8.5 and the destination will be the new generation MacBook.

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Just realized this should probably have been posted in the OS X section. Sorry about that.

tar 'em up and untar 'em on the new one, I guess... just watch out for anything that's not part of your collection. /opt/X11 is probably one to ditch for the latest version freshly installed from XQuartz.

 

[MacUser2525]

Sorry for what is probably a faq, but I'm not clear on the best way to migrate my old /opt and /usr/local to a new MacBook? I have a ton of stuff in there that I can't easily reinstall, for example an entire Gentoo distribution compiled (painfully) from source. Maybe just use tar?

The source machine is a first-generation MacBook currently running 10.8.5 and the destination will be the new generation MacBook.

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Just realized this should probably have been posted in the OS X section. Sorry about that.

Yes or if you want to save a step both sides of the equation for the tar/extract from tar operation then scp -r the directories between the machines or rsync them even.