Top "Homebrew" questions

Homebrew is a package manager for macOS and Linux that provides an easy interface to install many packages.

How do I modify a Homebrew formula?

I installed ImageMagick via Homebrew. However, due to a bug I have with my current configuration, I need to adjust …

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Homebrew brew doctor warning about /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework, even with brew's Python installed

When I ran Homebrew's brew doctor (Mac OS X 10.9.2), I get the following warning message: Warning: Python is installed at /…

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Homebrew error occurred when I command "brew cask install virtualbox" or "brew cask search google-chrome"

I'm trying to install virtual box with brew-cask, but That returns this kind of error and I cannot install virtualbox. …

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Homebrew postgres broken

I installed Postgresql 9.4.0 installed on my Mac (10.10.1/Yosemite) using homebrew. It does not work. I have created the softlink to /…

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Best Practices with Anaconda and Brew

I have just got a new Macbook with OSX Sierra, so want to ensure my development environment is setup properly. …

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Understand homebrew and keg-only dependencies

I've recently started using homebrew, and I'm a bit confused as to what happens when I brew something onto my …

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Installing Xcode command line tools

I performed a fresh install of macOS Mojave 10.14. Immediately after that I installed Xcode Version 10.0 (10A255) from the Mac App …

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Homebrew install permissions issue

I have a standard homebrew install inside of usr/local/ When I try: Larson-2:~ larson$ brew install postgresql Error: Cannot …

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Installing MongoDB with Homebrew

I'm relatively new to MongoDB and am trying to install MongoDB on my Mac with Homebrew, but I'm getting the …

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What does "You should probably `chown` them" mean?

I've just installed Homebrew. When I run brew doctor I get this Warning: Some directories in /usr/local/share/man …

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