Homebrew

The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux)

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• Install Homebrew

  
  

  /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

  Paste that in a macOS Terminal prompt.

  The script explains what it will do and then pauses before it does it. Read about other installation options. Install Homebrew on Linux and Windows Subsystem for Linux.

• What Does Homebrew Do?

  
  

  Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple (or your Linux system) didn’t.

  $ brew install wget

• Homebrew installs packages to their own directory and then symlinks their files into /usr/local.

  $ cd /usr/local
  $ find Cellar
  Cellar/wget/1.16.1
  Cellar/wget/1.16.1/bin/wget
  Cellar/wget/1.16.1/share/man/man1/wget.1
  
  $ ls -l bin
  bin/wget -> ../Cellar/wget/1.16.1/bin/wget

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

• Trivially create your own Homebrew packages.

  $ brew create https://foo.com/bar-1.0.tgz
  Created /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/bar.rb

• It's all Git and Ruby underneath, so hack away with the knowledge that you can easily revert your modifications and merge upstream updates.

  $ brew edit wget # opens in $EDITOR!

• Homebrew formulae are simple Ruby scripts:

  class Wget < Formula
    homepage "https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/"
    url "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.15.tar.gz"
    sha256 "52126be8cf1bddd7536886e74c053ad7d0ed2aa89b4b630f76785bac21695fcd"
  
    def install
      system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}"
      system "make", "install"
    end
  end

• Homebrew complements macOS (or your Linux system). Install your RubyGems with gem and their dependencies with brew.

• "To install, drag this icon..." no more. brew cask installs macOS apps, fonts and plugins and other non-open source software.

  $ brew cask install firefox

• Making a cask is as simple as creating a formula.

  $ brew cask create foo
  Editing /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask/Casks/foo.rb

• Further Documentation

  docs.brew.sh

• Donate to Homebrew

  Homebrew/brew#donations

• Community Discussion

  discourse.brew.sh

• Homebrew Blog

  brew.sh/blog

• Homebrew Packages

  formulae.brew.sh

• Analytics Data

  formulae.brew.sh/analytics

• Homebrew was created by Max Howell. Website by Rémi Prévost, Mike McQuaid and Danielle Lalonde.