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Most apps on Mac are not on the App Store You download a DMG file or something, then you drag and drop some icon into your “applications” folder It is kind of
by akdev1l 1y ago
Most apps on Mac are not on the App Store
You download a DMG file or something, then you drag and drop some icon into your “applications” folder
It is kind of dumb. I haven’t seen any graphical package manage interface to handle this.
- jdiff 1y agoThe App Store is the graphical package manager interface. Or in the case of apps that haven't published, the Finder/Applications folder itself. It makes a lot of sense, similar to the way GoboLinux stashed packages in its new world filesystem hierarchy. One folder, one package.
- johnisgood 1y agoYou do not need a new filesystem hierarchy for it. I have a "one folder one package" kind of setup (among others), e.g. packages are at ~/.local/pkg and I have them symlinked from there to ~/.local. It works for many programs. I use "zpkg", but you could use "GNU stow", too.
- bratwurst3000 1y agonew to mac and when i dis this the first time i was "wtf is this made for children" but I understand more. Its more a folder oriented system. kind of
- TingPing 1y agoIts fine, it just has the quirk that sharing folders sucks and you have to put it in a container so it’s a single file.