[Cialug] Homebrew

[David Champion]

There are several others:

https://www.slant.co/topics/511/~best-mac-package-managers

-dc


On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 1:29 PM Adam Shannon <adamkshannon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hah. Yea. Homebrew is the only other package manager on macOS though with
> their main one being the App Store (which has tons of hurdles)
>
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 11:19 AM jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > how about a package manager manager!!!  that automagically chooses the
> > best...
> >
> > ugh, just can't fully commit to the joke
> >
> > makes me think of https://xkcd.com/927/ but replace "standards" with
> > "package managers"
> >
> > Kraai's (n+1) observation:  Every interestingly complex, useful X becomes
> > overcomplicated and entrenched and sucks after Y years.
> >
> > X, Y
> > package manager, 7
> > development methodology, 15
> > programming language, 10
> > ...
> >
> > the "sucks" tension is relieved by a (biological evolution-like)
> radiation
> > of species, followed by a winnowing to a small number of alternatives
> that
> > will eventually suck
> >
> > let's all celebrate the rich tapestry this process creates
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 12:53 Adam Shannon <adamkshannon at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > I've used homebrew for years - it's the "missing" package manager for
> > > macOS.
> > >
> > > The powerful part of homebrew is casks, which fully install/setup (with
> > > spotlight auto-complete) an application.
> > >
> > > $ brew cask install emacs
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 5:45 AM Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > So... Homebrew, the package manager (I guess?) for MacOS is now
> > > > available for Linux as well.
> > > >
> > > > https://brew.sh/2019/01/09/homebrew-1.9.0/
> > > >
> > > > I see Homebrew mentioned all the time in installation instructions
> for
> > > > our fruity friends in the Apple world. Anyone had experience with it?
> > > > I assume it's a Snap-alike?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Todd
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