Mac OS X brew download/install instructions #2597
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Requires Homebrew/homebrew-core#223155 to be merged first. |
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unsure about the naming of columns, someone should verify that -- I have no idea.
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Good catch: as we move away from binaries to packages, we won't offer here anymore a "pre-release" version (iow master) for the tool.
We can remove now or remove after having the mender-cli Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) packages in place.
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remove after having the mender-cli Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) packages in place
I'd leave it to that batch of changes.
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I was thinking we remove all such download tables now that we're using the repos.
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I think that Mender Docs' owner @estenberg should look into this one 👀 |
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See how much easier it is with repos :) No chmod, no click and download right platform tool, no path modification, etc.
Main thing is I think we should simply remove all these download tables. I think installing individual packages is not the way to go if we have repos. Offering alternatives puts more mental burden on users.
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| !!! * For Debian and Ubuntu, you can also install `mender-artifact` through the |
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I think we remove the above table to packages, and change this package repo way to be the only way to install mender-artifact.
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I was thinking we remove all such download tables now that we're using the repos.
Yes, of course. And we can ship man pages, bash completion and whatnot. Definitely the way to go.
I agree. And I wish we could do it. But right now, we don't have So I don't think pointing users to repositories even more than before is a smart move right now. However, we can already provide |
Split the instructions for `mender-artifact` installation into Debian/Ubuntu and Mac OS X sections and instruct the Mac OS X users to use `brew install mender-artifact` instead of pre-built binaries. Ticket: MEN-8333 Changelog: none Signed-off-by: Vratislav Podzimek <[email protected]>
Split the instructions for `mender-cli` installation into GNU/Linux and Mac OS X sections and instruct the Mac OS X users to use `brew install mender-cli` instead of pre-built binaries. Ticket: MEN-8333 Changelog: none Signed-off-by: Vratislav Podzimek <[email protected]>
Instead of a link to the `mender-cli` binary, we can tell users to follow the mender-cli installation instructions from the Downloads page which is more comprehensive. Also adjust the commands to `mender-cli` being available in `$PATH` after a proper installation. Ticket: MEN-8333 Changelog: none Signed-off-by: Vratislav Podzimek <[email protected]>
Step 1 should be h2, just like Prerequisites and other steps. Ticket: none Changelog: none Signed-off-by: Vratislav Podzimek <[email protected]>
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Plus one small related change.