DK on MacOS: Homebrew vs. .pkg installer

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi Thomas,

I don't know as i don't use Homebrew.

The easy way is to compare the Help/Components Info dialog with both
versions (use the PKG of the 8.8.0 pre-release, it's up-to-date).

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 20 août 2025 à 09:53, Thomas <sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Hi Gilles,
>
> I understand that the PKG is not build with homebrew.
>
> My question is about whether there would be any disadvantages of using
> the homebrew package rather than the PKG?
>
> As mentioned, I see two advantages of using the homebrew package -
> assuming that the user is already using homebrew.
>
> But I fear that there might be some disadvantages.
>
> You mention that the PKG has all features enabled, including
> MySQL/MariaDB, Qt6, Apple Silicon, Latest KDE, ffmpeg, opencv, and HEIF,
> etc. Does this mean that the Homebrew version does not include these? Or
> that it is limited in other ways?
>
>
> BR
>
> Thomas
>
>
> On 2025-08-19 14.23, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > 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
> >>