Thoughts on macOS Package Managers

Re:Thoughts on macOS Package Managers by iElectric2 on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:22PM (#19784874)

I'm pretty sad it doesn't explore Nix as it's superior in isolating and doesn't require root.

Getting started: https://medium.com/scientific-breakthrough-of-the-afternoon/...

How much effort was put into making the whole isolation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mnPBLL_20

There is even a declarative way to setup darwin process management: https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin

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Re:Thoughts on macOS Package Managers by SkyMarshal on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:57PM (#19785056)

/second Nix on OSX. In addition to your reasons, it doesn't depend on the Mac community for growth and support as Homebrew and MacPorts do. Regardless how many OS X users use it, its bread and butter is NixOS and the Linux server community.

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Re:Thoughts on macOS Package Managers by viraptor on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @12:11AM (#19785112)

Does nix on osx allow you to manage/upgrade native osx packages?

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Re:Thoughts on macOS Package Managers by patrec on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @01:06AM (#19785301)

I thinks so, e.g. `nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.emacsMacport`. But there isn't a huge selection of native macOS GUI apps.

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Re:Thoughts on macOS Package Managers by saagarjha on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @01:36AM (#19785406)

Sorry for missing Nix! I have almost zero experience with it outside of hearing that it existed, and MacPorts has been working fine for me, so I didn't go any further than that :( I'll have to try it out sometime; it's nice to know there are a couple of other options for macOS if I'm ever feeling underserved.

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