Would it work to use stow to switch between two versions installed in
/opt/local/stow/ports-x11 and /opt/local/stow/ports-quartz? I guess I'd also
need a stow directory in /Applications or /Applications/MacPorts. Does
macports install anything outside of /opt/local and /Applications/MacPorts?
Will anything in macports break if it's used via the symlinks that stow sets
up?
-- Steve
On 10/26/17, 6:09 PM, "Ryan Schmidt" <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote:
On Oct 26, 2017, at 10:59, Langer, Stephen A. (Fed) wrote:
>
> Is there an easy way to switch back and forth between x11 and quartz
variants?
No. Ideally if you want to change your mind about whether you're using X11
or Quartz, you should uninstall all ports before doing so, then edit
variants.conf to reflect your new choice.
If you want to be able to switch back and forth between X11 and Quartz
versions, it might be easier to set up a second MacPorts installation
(somewhere other than /opt/local) for Quartz and keep the default MacPorts
installation (at /opt/local) for X11.
