HomeBrew VS Scoop

Homebrew installed (https://brew.sh).

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We’ll use Homebrew (Brew) for the installation process.:

If you are on a Mac, install Homebrew if not already installed. Then open up the almighty terminal (as I like to call it). Paste and run this command:

(If you don’t have Homebrew, install it first from brew.sh)

I use Homebrew for the installation of Ollama. But there are also alternative installation options available, see https://ollama.com/download.

You still have to install the latest version of the AWS CLI, of course (see the Installation Instructions on how to do that for Linux and Windows, honestly if you are on Mac, I'd really suggest using Homebrew instead of the approach suggested there, but it's a matter of tastes.

Install Hugo (you may also need to install Homebrew depending on your operating system and how you choose to install Hugo)

Homebrew

While the ArchWSL and Fedora WSL at MS Store may seem great at first before installing, these distros have often showed compatibility issues and sometimes very weird bugs; even conflicts with scoop or chocolatey apps.

install via Scoop

My favourite shell environment for windows thus far is combining Git For Windows with scoop[1]. A simple "scoop install git" will get the environment installed, and give you a bash shell and full access to all sorts of windows-native utilities from scoop. Some would say I'd be better off with msys2 or cygwin, but the former is meant more as a development environment and lacks misc utilities, and the latter has what is possibly the worst package manager that is still in use (and generally less stellar integration with windows programs).

[1]: https://scoop.sh/

On Windows: scoop is a package maanger which supports Java version management. It provides a Java wiki with detailed instructions.

Scoop is a command-line installer for Windows, aimed at making it easier for users to manage software installations and maintain a clean system. It's designed with developers and power users in mind but can be beneficial for any Windows user looking for an efficient way to manage software. Basically it makes our life easier when it comes to software installation of any sort. Scoop support installation for large number of software. Check it out here Scoop.

Use a package manager! Assuming Windows (since it's the odd one out), get yourself some scoop then just scoop install openjdk. No need to navigate to a website, download bundleware, click next-next-next and accidentally install a virus like some caveman from 1997. This has been a solved problem since ancient times!