if I switch to X11 server, should I remove /opt/X11 along with Xquartz.app?
Mark Brethen mark.bret...@gmail.com > On Jul 22, 2022, at 6:28 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > > On Jul 19, 2022, at 17:18, Mark Brethen wrote: > >> I’m also confused about the two x11 window environments (xorg-server vs >> xquartz). I’m assuming Xquartz libraries, etc are in /opt/local, what about >> xorg? > > XQuartz is a standalone package that installs a complete X11 system, > including the X11 server application XQuartz.app into /Applications/Utilities > and the supporting X11 libraries into /opt/X11. > > The xorg ports in MacPorts are the same software but you can pick and choose > what you want to install, and we might have newer versions of some of the > software than XQuartz since we update ports individually whereas XQuartz is a > monolithic distribution. We call the X11 server application X11.app and > install it into /Applications/MacPorts or whatever your applications_dir is > set to and we install the X11 libraries into /opt/local or whatever your > prefix is set to. > > Both XQuartz and the xorg ports in MacPorts are maintained by Jeremy > Huddleston Sequoia. > > Any ports in MacPorts that need X11 libraries will use the ones provided by > MacPorts X11 ports, not those provided by XQuartz. > > If you want to run an X11 server, you can use either one, but most MacPorts > users probably choose the MacPorts xorg-server port since that's one less > thing to need to update separately and you don't end up with redundant copies > of X11 libraries. >
