Homebrew is the most popular package management tool for the macOS systems. Using the brew command line utility you can easily add new packages on your mac, but first you have to install it. This tutorial will help you to install Homebrew on your system using simple commands.
How to Install Homebrew?
Launch the terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) application on your system and then run below command on it
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
The installation process will prompt for the password. Just enter your password where required to complete the Homebrew installation. The process will take some time. One the installation completed execute below command to check the version.
brew --version Homebrew 1.5.4 Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision 1bf5; last commit 2018-02-12)
You may also run the below command to insure everything is configured correctly.
brew doctor
The above command will show the instructions for correcting any issues.
How to upgrade Homebrew?
To upgrade Homebrew, execute the command below in terminal prompt.
cd "$(brew --repo)" git fetch && git reset --hard origin/master && brew update
How to uninstall Homebrew?
To uninstall Homebrew, execute the command below in a terminal prompt.
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"
You can also download the uninstall script and run as below to view more uninstall options.
./uninstall --help
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pc85:~ felicite$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install
#!/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/Current/usr/bin/ruby
# This script installs to /usr/local only. To install elsewhere you can just
# untar https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/tarball/master anywhere you like or
# change the value of HOMEBREW_PREFIX.
HOMEBREW_PREFIX = “/usr/local”.freeze
HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY = “/usr/local/Homebrew”.freeze
HOMEBREW_CACHE = “#{ENV[“HOME”]}/Library/Caches/Homebrew”.freeze
HOMEBREW_OLD_CACHE = “/Library/Caches/Homebrew”.freeze
BREW_REPO = “https://github.com/Homebrew/brew”.freeze
CORE_TAP_REPO = “https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core”.freeze
# no analytics during installation
ENV[“HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS_THIS_RUN”] = “1”
ENV[“HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS_MESSAGE_OUTPUT”] = “1”
module Tty
module_function
def blue
bold 34
end
def red
bold 31
end
def reset
escape 0
end
def bold(n = 39)
escape “1;#{n}”
end
def underline
escape “4;39”
end
def escape(n)
“\033[#{n}m” if STDOUT.tty?
end
end
class Array
def shell_s
cp = dup
first = cp.shift
cp.map { |arg| arg.gsub ” “, “\\ ” }.unshift(first).join(” “)
end
end
def ohai(*args)
puts “#{Tty.blue}==>#{Tty.bold} #{args.shell_s}#{Tty.reset}”
end
def warn(warning)
puts “#{Tty.red}Warning#{Tty.reset}: #{warning.chomp}”
end
def system(*args)
abort “Failed during: #{args.shell_s}” unless Kernel.system(*args)
end
def sudo(*args)
args.unshift(“-A”) unless ENV[“SUDO_ASKPASS”].nil?
ohai “/usr/bin/sudo”, *args
system “/usr/bin/sudo”, *args
end
def getc
system “/bin/stty raw -echo”
if STDIN.respond_to?(:getbyte)
STDIN.getbyte
else
STDIN.getc
end
ensure
system “/bin/stty -raw echo”
end
def wait_for_user
puts
puts “Press RETURN to continue or any other key to abort”
c = getc
# we test for \r and \n because some stuff does \r instead
abort unless (c == 13) || (c == 10)
end
class Version
include Comparable
attr_reader :parts
def initialize(str)
@parts = str.split(“.”).map { |p| p.to_i }
end
def (other)
parts self.class.new(other).parts
end
end
def force_curl?
ARGV.include?(“–force-curl”)
end
def macos_version
@macos_version ||= Version.new(`/usr/bin/sw_vers -productVersion`.chomp[/10\.\d+/])
end
def should_install_command_line_tools?
return false if force_curl?
return false if macos_version /dev/null`.chomp
exe if $? && $?.success? && !exe.empty? && File.executable?(exe)
end
return unless @git
# Github only supports HTTPS fetches on 1.7.10 or later:
# https://help.github.com/articles/https-cloning-errors
`#{@git} –version` =~ /git version (\d\.\d+\.\d+)/
return if $1.nil?
return if Version.new($1) > 6) & 07
# g = (mode >> 3) & 07
# o = (mode >> 0) & 07
mode != 0755
end
def chmod?(d)
File.exist?(d) && !(File.readable?(d) && File.writable?(d) && File.executable?(d))
end
def chown?(d)
!File.owned?(d)
end
def chgrp?(d)
!File.grpowned?(d)
end
# Invalidate sudo timestamp before exiting (if it wasn’t active before).
Kernel.system “/usr/bin/sudo -n -v 2>/dev/null”
at_exit { Kernel.system “/usr/bin/sudo”, “-k” } unless $?.success?
# The block form of Dir.chdir fails later if Dir.CWD doesn’t exist which I
# guess is fair enough. Also sudo prints a warning message for no good reason
Dir.chdir “/usr”
####################################################################### script
abort “See Linuxbrew: http://linuxbrew.sh/” if RUBY_PLATFORM.to_s.downcase.include?(“linux”)
abort “Mac OS X too old, see: https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew” if macos_version < "10.5"
abort "Don't run this as root!" if Process.uid.zero?
abort <<-EOABORT unless `dsmemberutil checkmembership -U "#{ENV["USER"]}" -G admin`.include? "user is a member"
This script requires the user #{ENV["USER"]} to be an Administrator.
EOABORT
# Tests will fail if the prefix exists, but we don't have execution
# permissions. Abort in this case.
abort <<-EOABORT if File.directory?(HOMEBREW_PREFIX) && (!File.executable? HOMEBREW_PREFIX)
The Homebrew prefix, #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}, exists but is not searchable. If this is
not intentional, please restore the default permissions and try running the
installer again:
sudo chmod 775 #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}
EOABORT
ohai "This script will install:"
puts "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/brew"
puts "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/doc/homebrew"
puts "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/man/man1/brew.1"
puts "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew"
puts "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/etc/bash_completion.d/brew"
puts HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY.to_s
group_chmods = %w[ bin bin/brew etc Frameworks include lib sbin share var
etc/bash_completion.d lib/pkgconfig var/log
share/aclocal share/doc share/info share/locale share/man
share/man/man1 share/man/man2 share/man/man3 share/man/man4
share/man/man5 share/man/man6 share/man/man7 share/man/man8].
map { |d| File.join(HOMEBREW_PREFIX, d) }.
select { |d| chmod?(d) }
# zsh refuses to read from these directories if group writable
zsh_dirs = %w[share/zsh share/zsh/site-functions].
map { |d| File.join(HOMEBREW_PREFIX, d) }
user_chmods = zsh_dirs.select { |d| user_only_chmod?(d) }
chmods = group_chmods + user_chmods
chowns = chmods.select { |d| chown?(d) }
chgrps = chmods.select { |d| chgrp?(d) }
mkdirs = %w[Cellar Homebrew Frameworks bin etc include lib opt sbin share share/zsh share/zsh/site-functions var].
map { |d| File.join(HOMEBREW_PREFIX, d) }.
reject { |d| File.directory?(d) }
unless group_chmods.empty?
ohai "The following existing directories will be made group writable:"
puts(*group_chmods)
end
unless user_chmods.empty?
ohai "The following existing directories will be made writable by user only:"
puts(*user_chmods)
end
unless chowns.empty?
ohai "The following existing directories will have their owner set to #{Tty.underline}#{ENV["USER"]}#{Tty.reset}:"
puts(*chowns)
end
unless chgrps.empty?
ohai "The following existing directories will have their group set to #{Tty.underline}admin#{Tty.reset}:"
puts(*chgrps)
end
unless mkdirs.empty?
ohai "The following new directories will be created:"
puts(*mkdirs)
end
if should_install_command_line_tools?
ohai "The Xcode Command Line Tools will be installed."
end
wait_for_user if STDIN.tty? && !ENV["TRAVIS"]
if File.directory? HOMEBREW_PREFIX
sudo "/bin/chmod", "u+rwx", *chmods unless chmods.empty?
sudo "/bin/chmod", "g+rwx", *group_chmods unless group_chmods.empty?
sudo "/bin/chmod", "755", *user_chmods unless user_chmods.empty?
sudo "/usr/sbin/chown", ENV["USER"], *chowns unless chowns.empty?
sudo "/usr/bin/chgrp", "admin", *chgrps unless chgrps.empty?
else
sudo "/bin/mkdir", "-p", HOMEBREW_PREFIX
sudo "/usr/sbin/chown", "root:wheel", HOMEBREW_PREFIX
end
unless mkdirs.empty?
sudo "/bin/mkdir", "-p", *mkdirs
sudo "/bin/chmod", "g+rwx", *mkdirs
sudo "/bin/chmod", "755", *zsh_dirs
sudo "/usr/sbin/chown", ENV["USER"], *mkdirs
sudo "/usr/bin/chgrp", "admin", *mkdirs
end
[HOMEBREW_CACHE, HOMEBREW_OLD_CACHE].each do |cache|
sudo "/bin/mkdir", "-p", cache unless File.directory? cache
sudo "/bin/chmod", "g+rwx", cache if chmod? cache
sudo "/usr/sbin/chown", ENV["USER"], cache if chown? cache
sudo "/usr/bin/chgrp", "admin", cache if chgrp? cache
end
if should_install_command_line_tools?
ohai "Searching online for the Command Line Tools"
# This temporary file prompts the 'softwareupdate' utility to list the Command Line Tools
clt_placeholder = "/tmp/.com.apple.dt.CommandLineTools.installondemand.in-progress"
sudo "/usr/bin/touch", clt_placeholder
clt_label = `softwareupdate -l | grep -B 1 -E "Command Line (Developer|Tools)" | awk -F"*" '/^ +\\*/ {print $2}' | sed 's/^ *//' | tail -n1`.chomp
ohai "Installing #{clt_label}"
sudo "/usr/sbin/softwareupdate", "-i", clt_label
sudo "/bin/rm", "-f", clt_placeholder
sudo "/usr/bin/xcode-select", "–switch", "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools"
end
# Headless install may have failed, so fallback to original 'xcode-select' method
if should_install_command_line_tools? && STDIN.tty?
ohai "Installing the Command Line Tools (expect a GUI popup):"
sudo "/usr/bin/xcode-select", "–install"
puts "Press any key when the installation has completed."
getc
sudo "/usr/bin/xcode-select", "–switch", "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools"
end
abort <&1` =~ /license/ && !$?.success?
You have not agreed to the Xcode license.
Before running the installer again please agree to the license by opening
Xcode.app or running:
sudo xcodebuild -license
EOABORT
ohai “Downloading and installing Homebrew…”
Dir.chdir HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY do
if git
# we do it in four steps to avoid merge errors when reinstalling
system git, “init”, “-q”
# “git remote add” will fail if the remote is defined in the global config
system git, “config”, “remote.origin.url”, BREW_REPO
system git, “config”, “remote.origin.fetch”, “+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*”
# ensure we don’t munge line endings on checkout
system git, “config”, “core.autocrlf”, “false”
args = git, “fetch”, “origin”, “master:refs/remotes/origin/master”,
“–tags”, “–force”
system(*args)
system git, “reset”, “–hard”, “origin/master”
system “ln”, “-sf”, “#{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/bin/brew”, “#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/brew”
system “#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/brew”, “update”, “–force”
else
# -m to stop tar erroring out if it can’t modify the mtime for root owned directories
# pipefail to cause the exit status from curl to propagate if it fails
curl_flags = “fsSL”
curl_flags += “k” if macos_version < "10.6"
core_tap = "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core"
system "/bin/bash -o pipefail -c '/usr/bin/curl -#{curl_flags} #{BREW_REPO}/tarball/master | /usr/bin/tar xz -m –strip 1'"
system "ln", "-sf", "#{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/bin/brew", "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/brew"
system "/bin/mkdir", "-p", core_tap
Dir.chdir core_tap do
system "/bin/bash -o pipefail -c '/usr/bin/curl -#{curl_flags} #{CORE_TAP_REPO}/tarball/master | /usr/bin/tar xz -m –strip 1'"
end
end
end
warn "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin is not in your PATH." unless ENV["PATH"].split(":").include? "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin"
ohai "Installation successful!"
puts
# Use the shell's audible bell.
print "\a"
# Use an extra newline and bold to avoid this being missed.
ohai "Homebrew has enabled anonymous aggregate user behaviour analytics."
puts <<-EOS
#{Tty.bold}Read the analytics documentation (and how to opt-out) here:
#{Tty.underline}https://docs.brew.sh/Analytics.html#{Tty.reset}
EOS
if git
Dir.chdir HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY do
system git, "config", "–local", "–replace-all", "homebrew.analyticsmessage", "true"
end
end
ohai "Next steps:"
if macos_version “10.6”
`/usr/bin/cc –version 2> /dev/null` =~ /clang-(\d{2,})/
version = $1.to_i
if version < 425
puts "- Install the #{Tty.bold}Command Line Tools for Xcode:"
puts " #{Tty.underline}https://developer.apple.com/downloads#{Tty.reset}"
end
elsif !File.exist? "/usr/bin/cc"
puts "- Install #{Tty.bold}Xcode:"
puts " #{Tty.underline}https://developer.apple.com/xcode#{Tty.reset}"
end
unless git
puts "- Run `brew update –force` to complete installation by installing:"
puts " #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/doc/homebrew"
puts " #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/man/man1/brew.1"
puts " #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew"
puts " #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/etc/bash_completion.d/brew"
puts " #{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/.git"
end
puts "- Run `brew help` to get started"
puts "- Further documentation: "
puts " #{Tty.underline}https://docs.brew.sh#{Tty.reset}"
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