Behind OS X’s modern face lies an aging collection of Unix tools

Re:Behind OS X’s modern face lies an aging collection of Uni... by mbreese on Saturday October 11, 2014 @02:41PM (#8443039)

I don't use any of the extra package managers for OSX. I'd rather let Apple manage the tools available in OSX. If I need to do work where I find the command-line tools on OSX lacking, I'll end up working on a remote server or use a local Linux VM.

I try to not muck around with the base installs too much - it makes it too difficult to migrate between machines.

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Re:Behind OS X’s modern face lies an aging collection of Uni... by loganekz on Sunday October 12, 2014 @01:39PM (#8445951)

You should look into homebrew[1] if you haven't already. It installs everything in /usr/local and does not mess with the base install. To migrate between machines you can do something as simple as brew list > brew.txt

[1] http://brew.sh

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