On May 19, 2014, at 17:00, Eric Gallager wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> On May 11, 2014, at 20:47, MacPorts wrote: >> >> > Page "InstallingMacPorts" was changed by eg...@gwmail.gwu.edu >> > Diff URL: >> > <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/InstallingMacPorts?action=diff&version=73> >> > Revision 73 >> > Comment: the "Install XWindows (X11)" section is kind of out-of-date; add >> > some updated information to it >> >> We should really just remove it. Installing X11 is not required to use >> MacPorts, and hasn't been for many years. > > I was under the impression that the recommendation to install X11 was just a > recommendation, and not actually a requirement... The section does not > actually say that installing X11 is a requirement to use MacPorts, it just > says that it is highly recommended for many MacPorts apps. Although I suppose > that could be clarified some... >
I don't even recommend it. If you need the X11 app, install it using MacPorts (sudo port install xorg-server). _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
