Installation via curl

[atomantic]

Getting started with any app should be as simple as curl https://somepath.to/install.sh | sh

or brew install io.js, etc...

[kenany]

Might be able to use one of these options: https://gist.github.com/isaacs/579814

[atomantic]

Yeah, io.js will need a composite script that detects your OS and state of current node installation, then makes the right call--even better if it prompts the user with friendly queries for items of preference :)

\[._.]/ - I see that your python binary is in a non-standard location.
What's your path to python?
... [ok], installing stuff.... weeee!

but then, maybe I like cheeky software more than most people.

[toddself]

Although you should never ever ever pipe a script from the internet into your shell to be honest.

You can create your own tap for homebrew.

[nakp]

I don't want to spam but... this repo could be featured here

[atomantic]

Though blindly piping things from the internet is agreeably a bad practice, running brew install or even git clone... make is yet another way people execute arbitrary code from the internet. Adding a curl friendly install doesn't make anyone any less secure. A curl friendly install file is meant to simplify the process of setting up and getting running quickly, specifically in regard to users having to think about what brand of OS they are running and which package management tool or installation scenario is best for their given situation.

Any time I see a slew of things in a getting started guide like "If you are running x, then do this... and if you are running y, then use this method..." I think, "this is missing automation via a shell script."

[dunn]

Homebrew won't take it until there's a stable release.

[indutny]

Sorry, but curl thing is really unsafe. I'm quite sure that you could create and use a gist for it, though, without it being an official way to install iojs.