Explore approaches to creating a more straightforward OS X install experience

[szwells]

There are several competing ways to install OMERO.server on OS X and many of these are used, even within the OME devteam. For example, macports, build from src, &c... as well as ways to manage dependencie, e.g. virtualenv for python, easy_install, pip.

There are also newer approaches to creating more transparent & manageable OS X software installs, e.g. homebrew.

These approaches should be explored with the aim of leading towards a consistent, transparent, and documented install procedure for Mac OS X.

[jmoore]

Just a status update. This week Colin and I have been going back and forth on testing this omero/homebrew install script: ​https://gist.github.com/gists/1213688 This can be used set an install environment anywhere:

git clone git://gist.github.com/1213688.git
cd 1213688
sh omero_homebrew.sh ~/Dev

The best thing to do is to use /usr/local as your target development directory as suggested by homebrew.

[jmoore]

Sebastien, do you think we can close this now?

[sbesson]

OMERO Homebrew formula set-up and maintained under ​https://github.com/ome/homebrew-alt/

All Homebrew-related tickets are now maintained under #8810