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Suggested brew over ports, as suggested in issue HPCE#17
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m8pple authored Oct 16, 2016
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Expand Up @@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ also want to install extra libraries, such as TBB.

You have three main choices:

1 - Use the [`macports`](https://www.macports.org/) package manager
to install and manage the additional tools.

2 - Use the [`homebrew`](http://brew.sh/) package manager to install
1 - Use the [`homebrew`](http://brew.sh/) package manager to install
and manage the additional tools.

2 - Use the [`macports`](https://www.macports.org/) package manager
to install and manage the additional tools.

3 - Run [Linux in a virtual machine](platforms_linux.md). For OS X
I would suggest one of the above options in preference to a VM.

_Updated: consensus seems to be that brew is easier than ports, see [issue 17](https://github.com/HPCE/hpce-2016-cw1/issues/17)._

Some people like macports, some like homebrew - personally I've only
used macports. There are [instructions for installing macports](https://www.macports.org/install.php)
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