* Simon Slavin <slav...@bigfraud.org> [121216 15:07]: > > On 16 Dec 2012, at 11:10pm, Tim Johnson <t...@akwebsoft.com> wrote: > > > I've recently set up drupal on my workstation which is hosting Mac > > OSX 10.7. I would welcome > > 1)Recommendations on what I should install to manage sqlite > > 2)How they should be installed > > NOTE: macports works well for me but alternative suggestions are > > welcomed. > > The macports list re sqlite can be seen here : > > http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=sqlite > While as a Linux-user you expect to see DarwinPorts, MacPorts, > Fink, Homebrew and/or other package managers, it might help to > know that Mac-users don't think in those terms. :) Well this mac user users a generous portion of macports. postfix, fetchmail, mutt, procmail, mc and vim to name some.. But I got macvim as a stand-alone install for the gui version of vim. I am actually pretty new to mac going on a year now. (12 years on linux)
> There is almost no library-sharing on Macs. The two big > collections of shared libraries are the ones which Apple supplies > with OS X and the ones which Microsoft supplies with its Office > suite. Normal professional and hobby programmers will use Apple's > libraries intensively, and never use Microsoft's libraries unless > they're specifically interfacing with Microsoft's stuff. A > mundane Mac user hit with "This app requires jcrak and visdis." > wouldn't know what to do about it. Yeah, I've got that, after years on linux .... <...> > SQLite on a Mac has standard Mac behaviour here. As a programmer > you aren't expected to use a library. You can download up-to-date > source files for SQLite 'Amalgamated' version from the SQLite > server > <http://www.sqlite.org/download.html> Oh good! Thank you. <...> > But actually SQLite is used so much on Macs that Apple included a > copy of the shell tool with the OS. You'll find a copy of the > sqlite3 shell tool as > /usr/bin/sqlite3 Duh. I didn't even think to look and thar she blows ... > Apple's Developer Tools installations include copies of the .h and > .c files (many many copies of the .h file) but I recommend that > you just grab new ones from the SQLite server whenever you start a > new project. That way you get all the recent features and > bugfixes. Good tip. And I have python with sqlite3 as a module in the standard distro.... Thanks again. I really appreciate the tips. Your entire email is going into my knowledgebase. I owe you a beer. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
