Homebrew is a program that runs in the terminal that developers use to install other programs/software and libraries that we want to use for creating or running our own programs.
Homebrew simplifies installing dependencies.
Homebrew has the following installation requirements:
- macOS 10.15+ (older versions work)
- A 64-bit Intel CPU or Apple Silicon CPU
- Command Line Tools (CLT) for Xcode (from xcode-select --install or https://developer.apple.com/download/all/)
Note: If you have macports installed already, please contact the afternoon teachers for support, don't install brew as it might cause conflicts with macports.
- Launch the Terminal app
- Paste the following command in the terminal (
CMD+Vor right-click -> paste)
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"-
Press enter and wait for the command to complete the installation
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Type the following command in the terminal and press enter. This will update homebrew
brew update
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You're good to go!
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