Consider using a package manager for MacOS in 2022
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- 5/5
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- Over a week
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100
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- Feature
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- tooling
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The issue names no repository files or tests. Start by reviewing the proposed Homebrew command and trialing the listed macOS installations; done means deciding whether to adopt Homebrew and documenting a supported approach after discussion.
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Description
As we aim to use a package manager on Windows next year (#77), we should also consider using one for macOS (as was also pointed out to us on twitter). I think https://brew.sh/ is the only reasonable alternative as far as I understand and then the install could looks something like:
brew cask install basictex docker google-chrome lastpass postgres r rstudio slack visual-studio-code xquartz
I have a similar hesitation to this as what I had to changing to WSL this year, which that I would like one of us to be using this approach before recommending it to students, so that we're familiar with the shortcomings and advantages beyond having myself spending just a few weeks trying out the installations.
So if we think using a package manager for macOS is worthwhile, I would ask someone to champion this and use that approach themselves, probably a long term staff member such as @ttimbers @mgelbart or @kvarada. This is not urgent but I will add it to next meeting, just for a quick discussion and bring it to people's attention.
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