macports port hints

macports.org

search for available packages

https://ports.macports.org/

 

port installed

 

 

sudo port selfupdate

 

2.4. Uninstall MacPorts

uninstall all installed packages

sudo port -fp uninstall installed

 To find the location of installed components, use the contents subcommand:

port contents libxml2
macport prefix

https://github.com/cargo-generate/cargo-generate/issues/1208#issuecomment-2182884600
sudo port deactivate libiconv
cargo install cargo-generate
sudo port activate libiconv
 

MacPort Cheat Sheet

https://gist.github.com/jorwan/7912aa5095191bae23c9#macport-cheat-sheet

 

 

 

 

building emacs on mac from source

Building emacs from source 

Switch from macports to brew

MBP i5

Macbook Air M3

 

Install a few packages:

sudo port install autoconf

sudo port install automake

sudo port install texinfo

sudo port install gnutls

sudo port install pkg-config

sudo port install libgcc13

 

EmacsWiki

gcc Emacs 

Get the source code.

# git clone --depth 1 --branch emacs-29.4 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git emacs-29.4  

$ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git 

$ cd emacs
    
$ ./autogen.sh 

$ ./configure 

$ make 

$ make install

configure: error: ELisp native compiler was requested, but libgccjit was not found.
Please try installing libgccjit or a similar package. 

./configure --with-native-compilation result in libgccjit errors
  

Package Notes

libgcc-devel broken port #68421 

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/57849

libgccjit not found after gcc update #483

M3 build time: 11m16s

M3  build time with libgcc13: 1m12s

M1 build time:  1m5s

Compiling Emacs on Mac

builds for emacsforosx.com

https://github.com/caldwell/build-emacs

https://porkrind.org/missives/mac-os-x-codesigning-woes/

Mentions many good previous refs like renard

https://github.com/mclear-tools/build-emacs-macos

 

Standalone Emacs

https://github.com/imrehorvath/bundle-dylibs

https://imrehorvath.wordpress.com/2021/04/17/wanna-build-gnu-emacs-on-macos-from-source/

https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/common-superbuild/-/blob/920d9bc5c6c69fd945df84668f50aca34cdf5f6f/cmake/scripts/fixup_bundle.apple.py

 

automated build 

https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos

self-contained build

https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds

emacs plus features recent updates:

https://github.com/d12frosted/homebrew-emacs-plus

Many other good sites:

https://www.zellysnyder.com/posts/compiling-emacs-on-macos/

https://www.mattduck.com/2021-05-upgrading-to-emacs-28.html

 

https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/speed-up-emacs-libjansson-native-elisp-compilation

https://andersmurphy.com/2021/11/14/emacs-building-from-source-on-macos.html 

https://emacs-ng.github.io/emacs-ng/build/building/

https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/58526/how-do-i-build-emacs-from-sources-on-macos-catalina-version-10-15-4

https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport?tab=readme-ov-file

Native m1 builds

https://cpufun.substack.com/p/setting-up-the-apple-m1-for-native

https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos/issues/47

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m3 pkgs:

The following ports are currently installed:
  alex @3.5.1.0_0+haskell_cabal_use_prebuilt
  autoconf @2.72_0 (active)
  automake @1.16.5_0 (active)
  brotli @1.1.0_0 (active)
  bzip2 @1.0.8_0 (active)
  curl @8.8.0_1+ssl
  curl @8.9.1_1+brotli+http2+idn+psl+ssl+zstd (active)
  curl-ca-bundle @8.8.0_0
  curl-ca-bundle @8.9.1_0 (active)
  db48 @4.8.30_5 (active)
  gdbm @1.24_0 (active)
  gettext-runtime @0.22.5_0 (active)
  gmp @6.3.0_0 (active)
  gnutls-devel @3.8.6_0 (active)
  icu @74.2_0 (active)
  libedit @20240517-3.1_0 (active)
  libffi @3.4.6_1 (active)
  libgit2 @1.7.2_0+threadsafe (active)
  libiconv @1.17_0 (active)
  libidn2 @2.3.7_0 (active)
  libpsl @0.21.5-20240306_0 (active)
  libssh2 @1.11.0_0 (active)
  libtasn1 @4.19.0_0 (active)
  libunistring @1.2_0 (active)
  libxml2 @2.13.3_0 (active)
  libxslt @1.1.42_0 (active)
  lz4 @1.9.4_0
  lz4 @1.10.0_0 (active)
  m4 @1.4.19_1 (active)
  ncurses @6.5_0 (active)
  nettle @3.10_0 (active)
  nghttp2 @1.62.1_0 (active)
  openssl @3_18 (active)
  openssl3 @3.3.1_1 (active)
  p11-kit @0.25.5_0 (active)
  pcre2 @10.44_0 (active)
  perl5.34 @5.34.3_1 (active)
  pkgconfig @0.29.2_0 (active)
  readline @8.2.001_0 (active)
  starship @1.19.0_0
  starship @1.20.1_0 (active)
  texinfo @7.1_0 (active)
  xz @5.4.7_0 (active)
  zlib @1.3.1_0 (active)
  zstd @1.5.6_0 (active)

m1 pkgs:

The following ports are currently installed:
  autoconf @2.72_0 (active)
  automake @1.16.5_0 (active)
  brotli @1.1.0_0 (active)
  bzip2 @1.0.8_0 (active)
  cctools @949.0.1_3+xcode (active)
  curl @8.8.0_1+ssl
  curl @8.9.1_1+brotli+http2+idn+psl+ssl+zstd (active)
  curl-ca-bundle @8.8.0_0
  curl-ca-bundle @8.9.1_0 (active)
  db48 @4.8.30_5 (active)
  gdbm @1.24_0 (active)
  gettext-runtime @0.22.5_0 (active)
  gmp @6.3.0_0 (active)
  gnutls @3.7.11_0 (active)
  icu @74.2_0 (active)
  isl @0.24_1 (active)
  ld64 @3_6+ld64_xcode (active)
  ld64-xcode @2_6 (active)
  libedit @20240517-3.1_0 (active)
  libffi @3.4.6_1 (active)
  libgcc @8.0_0 (active)
  libgcc13 @13.3.0_1+stdlib_flag (active)
  libgcc14 @14.2.0_1+stdlib_flag (active)
  libgit2 @1.7.2_0+threadsafe (active)
  libiconv @1.17_0 (active)
  libidn2 @2.3.7_0 (active)
  libmpc @1.3.1_0 (active)
  libpsl @0.21.5-20240306_0 (active)
  libssh2 @1.11.0_0 (active)
  libtasn1 @4.19.0_0 (active)
  libunistring @1.2_0 (active)
  libxml2 @2.13.3_0 (active)
  libxslt @1.1.42_0 (active)
  lz4 @1.9.4_0
  lz4 @1.10.0_0 (active)
  m4 @1.4.19_1 (active)
  mpfr @4.2.1_0 (active)
  ncurses @6.5_0 (active)
  nettle @3.10_0 (active)
  nghttp2 @1.62.1_0 (active)
  openssl @3_18 (active)
  openssl3 @3.3.1_1 (active)
  p11-kit @0.25.5_0 (active)
  pcre2 @10.44_0 (active)
  perl5.34 @5.34.3_1 (active)
  pkgconfig @0.29.2_0 (active)
  readline @8.2.001_0 (active)
  starship @1.19.0_0
  starship @1.20.1_0 (active)
  texinfo @7.1_0 (active)
  xz @5.4.7_0 (active)
  zlib @1.3.1_0 (active)
  zstd @1.5.6_0 (active)