DK on MacOS: Homebrew vs. .pkg installer

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

The PKG is build with Macports not Homebrew. The PKG has all features
enabled, especially the Mysql/Mariadb support. It's compiled with Qt6,
support Silicon and always uses last version of Qt and KDE, ffmpeg,
Opencv, HEIF frameworks.

Best regards.

Gilles Caulier

Le mar. 19 août 2025 à 14:18, Thomas <sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Hello,
>
>
> Having used Digikam on Mac via the official .pkg installer from
> digikam.org for several years, I recently noticed that digikam seems to
> be available through homebrew as well.
>
> Do we have an official recommendation/opinion on when to use the .pkg
> installer vs. homebrew?
>
> Using "brew install digikam" seems to me really nice as it will 1)
> ensure frequent updates through brew update/brew upgrade, and 2)
> (hopefully) ensure a much easier installation process in that the user
> does not have to jump through hoops with MacOS security safeguards
> against running unsigned applications downloaded from the internet.
>
>
> Are there any drawbacks to using the homebrew package?
>
> Of course, the .pkg must still be available for users who for whatever
> reason do not have homebrew.
>
>
> BR
>
> Thomas
>