> > The first thing I installed was an installer (Scoop[1]) and a package > installer (Chocolatey[2]). > > >> [1] http://scoop.sh/ >> [2] http://chocolatey.org/ >> > > Thanks for this. Your timing is excellent. Matt, do you have any > thoughts? >
I'm wary of Chocolatey. It made a mess of my machine a year or so ago, tangling it's installed apps with pre-existing ones. At one point it installed python inside it's tree, and in Program Files, and in my profile directory (APPDATA), mixing 32 and 64 bit together. It took days to get it sorted out. The management team has a fast and loose cowboy feel, not something I look for in a package manager (but do enjoy other places). ... A quick review of the website and chatter shows there's been a lot of work on stability and package signing. And it's a commercial entity so they have something to lose. Maybe I'll my concerns have been addressed. Scoop is new to me. I'll check it out. Ninite is good, I bought pro version for work, but has limited package selection. I've been https://just-install.it/ at home for about a year. It doesn't aim to be a package manager, leaving uninstall/repair etc. to Windows control panel, but it does make installing a single command operation. matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
