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colordropsyesterday at 9:04 PM1 replyview on HN

Brew is probably serving your needs, but you might also want to look into Nix/NixOS, which takes what you are talking about to the next level.


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analog_daddyyesterday at 11:09 PM

Yeah I tried nix about 8 months ago. Not really as simple as homebrew. Even the detereminate nix tutorial though nice felt too much of a hassle. I feel homebrew really is a nice interface which is pretty close to conventional package manager, while nix even though the concept is revolutionary, felt lacking in user experience. Hope the documentation improves.