Right now we use wget to download mambaforge, but this doesn't come natively in OS X, requiring brew to install, which in turn requires Xcode.
Altogether it's a 5 step install (Xcode, brew, wget, mamba, sleep) as opposed to 2 steps on other OSes. It also requires 2 terminal restarts, which is super confusing for users who never use it.
I think curl might be bundled with OS X, so if mamba works without Xcode, this would drastically reduce the complexity of installation on Macs.
roomrys
commented
1 year ago
Right now we use
wgetto download mambaforge, but this doesn't come natively in OS X, requiringbrewto install, which in turn requires Xcode.Altogether it's a 5 step install (Xcode, brew, wget, mamba, sleep) as opposed to 2 steps on other OSes. It also requires 2 terminal restarts, which is super confusing for users who never use it.
I think
curlmight be bundled with OS X, so if mamba works without Xcode, this would drastically reduce the complexity of installation on Macs.