homebrew

The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux)

One liner install that should work most places:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

There are .pkg releases for MacOS.

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Homebrew installs packages to their own directory and then symlinks their files into /opt/homebrew (on Apple Silicon).

Homebrew won’t install files outside its prefix and you can place a Homebrew installation wherever you like.