Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 05:37:13 -0500 From: "Zane C. B-H." <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using ports or gems (easy_install) Message-ID: <20130529053713.07a75c6c@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <20130528130615.GA48534@pcjas.obspm.fr> References: <20130528074039.GA47407@pcjas.obspm.fr> <201305280750.r4S7oPCX044852@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <20130528130615.GA48534@pcjas.obspm.fr>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 28 May 2013 15:06:15 +0200 Albert Shih <Albert.Shih@obspm.fr> wrote: > Le 28/05/2013 ? 14:50:25+0700, Olivier Nicole a écrit > > Hi, > > > > > I would like to known how you manage your gem (ruby) or > > > easyinstall (python). Do you use ports ? or directly gems or > > > easyinstall ? or both ? > > > > As far as I can, I use ports, for consistency. > > Me too. But what you do when you cannot ? (Like the ports don't > exist) ? > > I see three possibility : > > 1/ write the ports (unfortunately not for me) > > 2/ wait until someone does (many time it's impossible) > > 3/ use easy_install or gem It is easy to learn. I would strongly suggest learning it, even if you just maintain the ports yourself and don't contribute them to the ports tree. Doing so will drastically improve the manageability of your system. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20130529053713.07a75c6c>