Hyper: Please make possible install via npm

[mariusa]

Most JS tools, including heroku toolbelt for example, can be installed cross-platform with
npm install -g hyper

and then it just works. Please enable install via npm too, to make it simple getting started.

Thanks!

[timothyis]

I'm sorry but I don't see how this would be possible. Hyper is a .app with a UI, Heroku Toolbelt is a CLI. I don't think there's ever been an app like Hyper installed via npm (correct me if I'm wrong).

[timothyis]

Sorry again, but I was completely wrong! I was informed that this was possible so I'm re-opening so we can consider it!

Took me a while to understand how it would be possible. Didn't make sense to me at first. Let's see what the community thinks 😄

cc @matheuss @rauchg @leo @chabou

[jbergstroem]

I believe homebrew or similar is a better place for applications -- I don't see atom in npm.

Edit: yes, not everybody's on a mac; but I'm sure there's more than one package manager.

[DuIslingr]

You could use Snap. https://snapcraft.io Can be used on most distros, not just Ubuntu

[afturner]

+1 for homebrew. npm should not be used for these kinds of applications.

[lucat1]

@afturner homebrew is already avaible trough the cask addon as you can see in the README.md

[afturner]

@LucaT1 I'm aware, just reiterating support

[timothyis]

I think we've gotten what would be the majority of opinions on this matter.

Thanks for the issue and the responses, everyone. We'll make a bigger effort to be on the popular package manager made for apps like Hyper, per platform. ❤️