On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 04:24:44PM +0000, James Lowe wrote: > Hmm...on my rural internet connection this may be an issue, however I > assume I can download this stuff (say to a usb stick) and then use good > old fashioned 'sneaker' net method to get the binaries on. I ask this in > case Apple require you to 'download it to the machine' than provide > separate binaries?
Sneakernet would be fine. Also note that the developer tools are included in a directory of the installation DVD, or on a separate installation DVD, or something. So you probably don't need to download anything at all. > 'sudo port install [XYZ]' is that the same as doing a get-apt (I.e I need > an internet connection for those commands or is that installing from the > Xcode stuff I would have downloaded and copied over)? It's totally separate from Xcode. Generally, "sudo port install" requires an internet connection, but there's some way of using sneakernet for this, too. But... I really don't advise that you get involved in this stuff, especially if you have limited internet connectivity. I'm imagining 15-20 hours of work, for fairly minor personal gain, and almost no project gain. If you have a fast computer and fat internet pipe (such as a computer at a university), then by all means go ahead and fool around for fun. But I'm feeling terrible imagining a well-meaning helpful person spending hours shuffling files back and forth (it might take a dozen trips to get all the macports up and running!), just to end up with something that works _almost_ as well as lilydev. It's just not worth it. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
