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How to Install Homebrew

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Jan 20, 2024 • 2 min read

Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. It can also install software not packaged for your Linux distribution without requiring sudo.

Install Homebrew

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

brew --version brew command [--verbose|-v] [options] [formula] …

Install formula

$ brew install wget

Uninstall formula

$ brew uninstall wget

Homebrew on Linux

The Homebrew package manager may be used on Linux and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2. Homebrew was formerly referred to as Linuxbrew when running on Linux or WSL. Homebrew does not use any libraries provided by your host system, except glibc and gcc if they are new enough. Homebrew can install its own current versions of glibc and gcc for older distributions of Linux.

Requirements

Linux 3.2 or newer
Glibc 2.13 or newer
64-bit x86_64 CPU

To install build tools, paste at a terminal prompt:

Debian or Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install build-essential procps curl file git

Fedora, CentOS, or Red Hat

sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
sudo yum install procps-ng curl file git

Arch Linux

Arch Linux

Install

The installation script installs Homebrew to /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew using sudo. Homebrew does not use sudo after installation. Using /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew allows the use of most binary packages (bottles) which will not work when installing in e.g. your personal home directory.

Follow the Next steps instructions to add Homebrew to your PATH and to your bash shell rcfile, either ~/.bashrc for bash or ~/.zshrc for zsh.

test -d ~/.linuxbrew && eval "$(~/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
test -d /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew && eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
echo "eval \"\$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)\"" >> ~/.bashrc

You’re done! Try installing a package:

brew install hello

Homebrew on Linux

Requirements

Install

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