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This is my first experience with MacPorts. I'm using it to install Git 1.7.3.2.
I noticed during install that it's downloading and installing Perl 5.8.9 on my Snow Leopard Mac which comes pre-bundled with Perl 5.10.0.
Am I missing something or is MacPorts messing with my system?
Edit: As per instructions on ProGit I used the following command to install Git with MacPorts:
$ sudo port install git-core +svn +doc +bash_completion +gitweb
Edit2: in fact its also installing cURL and basically a ton of things that I ALREADY HAVE! Hopefully someone can explain what I've done and how I can back out - assuming I need to.
If anyone finds a better link for Homebrew (like a home page or something) feel free to edit my answer. – fideli – 2010-11-12T05:17:00.780
1Thanks! I didn't realize this going in. Probably should have done a little research beforehand. Anyway, I ended up following their instructions to remove all traces of MacPorts. And just compiled my own Git update manually... – Meltemi – 2010-11-12T17:02:58.200
Even easier for Git is download the ready compiled version from git http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/downloads/list?can=3
– user151019 – 2010-11-14T21:55:24.007