Ask HN: New to OS X; is homebrew safe to install for non-developer?

Re:Ask HN: New to OS X; is homebrew safe to install for non-... by sanswork on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:13AM (#8089137)

It is exactly like aptitude. The choice of packages could open you up to more vulnerabilities but homebrew itself shouldn't.

It's one of the first things I install whenever I reinstall my OS. That said if you're not doing dev I'm not sure what packages on it you are looking for?

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Re:Ask HN: New to OS X; is homebrew safe to install for non-... by o_s_m on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:21AM (#8089157)

Thanks. In Linux I used aptitude quite often to clean old kernel versions and install other verified software, and it felt good to install software from a relatively safe location. So, does this only install things that are in the Mac App Store?

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Re:Ask HN: New to OS X; is homebrew safe to install for non-... by xxxmadraxxx on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:31AM (#8089173)

No. Homebrew is pretty much exclusively for installing GUI-less command line 'stuff' in OSX. Things like Nginx, mySQL, RVM, Golang, Bitcoind, etc. etc. Unlikely you'd even need it unless you're doing some kind of development or non-Apple-approved tinkerage.

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Re:Ask HN: New to OS X; is homebrew safe to install for non-... by sanswork on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:25AM (#8089162)

No, homebrew has a different repository from the app store.

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Re:Ask HN: New to OS X; is homebrew safe to install for non-... by o_s_m on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:29AM (#8089170)

Great. I will play around with it.

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