I just upgraded to Mavericks (10.9.2) and after years of using MacPorts I decided to use Homebrew. I successfully installed Homebrew, but brew doctor shows:
brew doctor
Warning: Unbrewed dylibs were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected dylibs:
/usr/local/lib/libtcl8.6.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libtk8.6.dylib
Warning: Unbrewed .pc files were found in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected .pc files:
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/tcl.pc
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/tk.pc
Warning: Unbrewed static libraries were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected static libraries:
/usr/local/lib/libtclstub8.6.a
/usr/local/lib/libtkstub8.6.a
All this stuff comes from R.app, from the OSX specific website. Now, I prefer to use the standard R.app rather than the Homebrew version (for a number of personal reasons). Can I safely ignore these warnings or there will be a problem?
Best Answer
You can install R with hombrew so you avoid conflict.