There are two fantastic tools to install on you new Mac: After you install iTerm2, it’s time to install Homebrew!
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Homebrew is a package manager – think apt-get for OS X. It is trivial to install and instantly gives you access to thousands of open source tools and utilities. According to the creators of Homebrew, “Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple didn’t.”
Visit http://brew.sh right now to get started!
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Homebrew is a package manager for OS X that it much easier to install Linux/Unix packages. Go to the Homebrew webpage and follow the install instructions there. After Homebrew is. If you're feeling like going with a less convoluted way of installing packages rather than using Homebrew then maybe try MacPorts. $ sudo port install wget - Computing dependencies for wget - Cleaning wget - Scanning binaries for linking errors - No broken files found.
Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple didn’t.
Top 10 (or more) most useful Homebrew apps to get you started. (Paste this list into your terminal once you get Homebrew installed.)
Screenshot showing Homebrew installing mtr on Mac OS X.
Brew Wget Openssl
(mtr is a fun and useful ICMP tool which combines ping and traceroute into a realtime display of packet loss across all the path entries returned by traceroute.)
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Enjoy!