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> Apple the corporation doesn’t have a package manager. > MacOS, the ecosystem does. > No different from Linux. There is no Linux package manager. There are num

> Apple the corporation doesn’t have a package manager. > MacOS, the ecosystem does. > No different from Linux. There is no Linux package manager. There are numerous open source package managers for Linux. macOS the OS has a package manager in terms of a tool to install packages. It does not have the ability to find/download packages to install though. In the sense of a package manager being able to download and install additional software, macOS has several choices available but none of them are included with the OS, or have the ability to update the OS. There is arguably no single "Linux ecosystem". There are numerous Linux-based distributions, which are largely comparable to macOS as an OS. One of the very key differences between each family of distro's is the package manager the OS ships with by default and uses to update itself. So no. macOS does not "have" a package manager that's comparable to those included by default with linux distributions, but there are several third party package managers available for it.

zepto 5y ago
> or have the ability to update the OS A red herring that is nothing to do with what we are discussing. > It does not have the ability to find/download packages to install though. Another false statement. Homebrew is just as capable of searching as any Linux package manager.
- stephenr 5y ago
  > Another false statement. Homebrew is just as capable of searching as any Linux package manager. I wasn't talking about homebrew. It helps if you understand the comment before you reply to it and make accusations. Edit to add, because fuck the HN timeouts. Heaven forbid someone make 6 comments in two fucking hours: Try reading the whole fucking comment again, with the points being made really hammered home for you: > macOS the OS has a package manager in terms of a tool to install packages. It does not have the ability to find/download packages to install though. This is about the built in macOS package manager, that the OS itself uses to install packages. It's invoked via `installer` on the command line, or Installer.app in the GUI. It does not expose the ability to find/fetch packages from remote URLs. > In the sense of a package manager being able to download and install additional software, macOS has several choices available but none of them are included with the OS, or have the ability to update the OS. This is referring to homebrew, macports, etc. We certainly do see things differently, because only one of us is repeatedly calling the other a liar due to poor reading comprehension.
  - zepto 5y ago
    If you don’t include homebrew, as a package manager for MacOS, then you aren’t having a serious conversation. This whole line of conversation is about whether it’s necessary to manually install python. If you claim it is you are lying, because it can easily be installed via homebrew, and you are clearly aware of that. If you have some need to claim that homebrew isn’t a MacOS package manager or that MacOS doesn’t “have” homebrew, because Apple doesn’t ship it. Go right ahead, but it’s a red herring.

zepto 5y ago

> or have the ability to update the OS A red herring that is nothing to do with what we are discussing. > It does not have the ability to find/download packages to install though. Another false statement. Homebrew is just as capable of searching as any Linux package manager.

stephenr 5y ago
> Another false statement. Homebrew is just as capable of searching as any Linux package manager. I wasn't talking about homebrew. It helps if you understand the comment before you reply to it and make accusations. Edit to add, because fuck the HN timeouts. Heaven forbid someone make 6 comments in two fucking hours: Try reading the whole fucking comment again, with the points being made really hammered home for you: > macOS the OS has a package manager in terms of a tool to install packages. It does not have the ability to find/download packages to install though. This is about the built in macOS package manager, that the OS itself uses to install packages. It's invoked via `installer` on the command line, or Installer.app in the GUI. It does not expose the ability to find/fetch packages from remote URLs. > In the sense of a package manager being able to download and install additional software, macOS has several choices available but none of them are included with the OS, or have the ability to update the OS. This is referring to homebrew, macports, etc. We certainly do see things differently, because only one of us is repeatedly calling the other a liar due to poor reading comprehension.
- zepto 5y ago
  If you don’t include homebrew, as a package manager for MacOS, then you aren’t having a serious conversation. This whole line of conversation is about whether it’s necessary to manually install python. If you claim it is you are lying, because it can easily be installed via homebrew, and you are clearly aware of that. If you have some need to claim that homebrew isn’t a MacOS package manager or that MacOS doesn’t “have” homebrew, because Apple doesn’t ship it. Go right ahead, but it’s a red herring.