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Add to SafariWhen comparing Rudix vs Conda, the Slant community recommends Rudix for most people. In the question“What are the best Mac package managers?” Rudix is ranked 6th while Conda is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Rudix is:
Using statically liked packages allows each package to contain all of the dependencies it needs, this way the user just installs to then use the app. No muss no fuss.
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Pros
Pro Statically linked packages
Using statically liked packages allows each package to contain all of the dependencies it needs, this way the user just installs to then use the app. No muss no fuss.
Pro Very easy and fast
Installing and removing packages is very easy, fast and painless thanks to using binary installs.
Pro Binary installs
They are fast and reliable as they do not need to compile before installation.
Pro Allows for multiple environments
It is great for developers since you can easily switch between complete environments with different versions of packages, for testing and development.
Pro Open source
Conda is open source and on Github, so if you see something wrong you can fix it and submit a patch.
Cons
Con Not many packages
Although Rudix is in development since 2005, there's a distinct lack of packages available. This limits the usefulness of the package manager for the user.
Con Lacks man files for installed packages
The man files for tools are not installed with the binaries.
Con Not sandboxed
Binaries go directly to /usr/bin, so they are not sandboxed.
Con Doesn't have everything
Conda is relatively new and has a smaller user-base, so the set of packages available is limited.
Con No way to resume downloads
Any download that is canceled or interrupted will have to be started over from the beginning as there is no built in solution for resuming downloads.
Con Installs huge collection of default unneeded libraries
