Is it normal that gcc is being installed upon install of rdkit on a Mac? about homebrew-rdkit HOT 4 CLOSED

I'm not sure. It doesn't look like we specify that it should use gcc, so maybe it's a homebrew thing.

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Note that I no longer use homebrew and so can't do any maintenance of this package.
I really suggest that you use anaconda (or miniconda) to do RDKit installs if that all possible.

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Ok, don't bother too much, I was just curious.

Note that the commands I sent really install rdkit via homebrew (and repeatdly) on the mac I have access to. So, I don't want to give it up.
The only problem I see is that we use --HEAD instead of installing a tagged and released version of rdkit,
which is bad for reproducibility only.

PS: I gave a try at conda, and this is clearly not a tool for me. It gets way too much into my way and doesn't do a system-wide install of rdkit, which is I typically what I want, both on Linux and OS X.

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Probably, I am not the only one not having switched to anaconda (@thegodone too?).

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