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The most viable alternative is "apt-get" which provides simple downloads from a central package repository with signature checking. I believe pip and cpan are c
by NelsonMinar 14y ago
The most viable alternative is "apt-get" which provides simple downloads from a central package repository with signature checking. I believe pip and cpan are comparable. In this case I'm picking on homebrew, and the quoted curl command is the command to install that very package tool. The brew package manager does some lightweight checksum verification on subsequent downloads.
- FooBarWidget 14y agoAnd apt-get directly violates point 1, "must work on all major platforms". APT is not widely used on e.g. OS X, Red Hat derivates, etc.
- NelsonMinar 14y agoI look forward to you boiling the ocean. (Sadly, the only reason I know about this Homebrew stuff at all is that the APT-based Fink, for MacOS, is not very popular.)