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Gitpod ❤️ Homebrew

What's this blog post about?

Gitpod has integrated Homebrew, a package manager for macOS and Linux, into its platform. This allows developers to easily install any software package in Gitpod without needing to set up a Dockerfile or create another workspace. Homebrew is convenient as it provides the latest stable versions of tools while other package managers may lag behind. Gitpod has pre-installed Homebrew for all workspaces and users can try it by opening a repository and running "brew install fzf". Packages installed with Homebrew have a low priority in the $PATH, but this can be changed by moving the installation command into the .gitpod.Dockerfile to make it permanent.

Company
Gitpod

Date published
Jan. 8, 2020

Author(s)
Jan Keromnes

Word count
413

Hacker News points
2

Language
English


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