Homebrew for Mac
Manage the installation process of other open source software.
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Homebrew overview
Homebrew is a command line utility designed to streamline the installation of various libraries and utilities that you might need to run certain applications, but have not been included in your macOS installation by default.
The both application provides you with access to a large collection of packages which you can browse using the command line, or by making use of online resources such as the Braumeister website.
Effortless to install macOS package manager that runs in the Terminal
To deploy Homebrew on your Mac, you can manually download the source code archive and install wherever you like, or you can run the command provided by the development team in Terminal window (will place Homebrew in the /usr/local folder):
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
What’s new in version 4.4.0
- Exclude sorbet assignments from Style/MutableConstant cop by @dduugg in #18367
- keg: Install gziped info files during linking by @ywwry66 in #18372
- linux: drop ubuntu 18.04 devcontainer by @iMichka in #18384
- workflows/pkg-installer: create an issue when publish fails by @ZhongRuoyu in #18389
- workflows: use set -xeuo pipefail globally by @carlocab in #18369
- sponsors-maintainers-man-completions: fix unbound variable by @carlocab in #18393
- workflows/docker: publish homebrew/brew:master by @ZhongRuoyu in #18396
- Shorten brew tests temporary paths. by @MikeMcQuaid in #18391
- docker: deprecate Ubuntu 18.04 by @MikeMcQuaid in #18387
- compilers: drop support for GCC 4.9, 5 and 6 by @cho-m in #18127
- Add new odeprecated, odisabled, remove disabled code. by @MikeMcQuaid in #18388
- Speed up brew tap for no arguments by @ZhongRuoyu in #18402
- cmd/info: show size information by @cho-m in #18172
- env_config: deprecate setting boolean vars to falsy values by @carlocab in #18408
- fix: update remote_repo refs to fix autobump flows by @chenrui333 in #18412
- tests: add an extra byte of randomness by @carlocab in #18413
- github_runner_matrix: enable usage of macos-15 runners by @carlocab in #18414
- style: forbid url do blocks in homebrew/cask by @Rylan12 in #18404
- Cask-Cookbook: update verified example by @p-linnane in #18417
- Revert "github_runner_matrix: enable usage of macos-15 runners" by @cho-m in #18418
- Improve cask --adopt to only care about the installed version if auto… by @ctaintor in #18420
- os/mac: bump latest SDK version by @Bo98 in #18339
- create: show audit command on the next line by @abitrolly in #18419
- cask/url: deprecate url do blocks. by @MikeMcQuaid in #18407
- caveats: typed: strict by @cho-m in #18423
- cmd/--cache: avoid exception on missing HEAD by @cho-m in #18422
- Deprecate installing casks/formulae from paths. by @MikeMcQuaid in #18409
- Revert "Deprecate installing casks/formulae from paths." by @carlocab in #18436
- Portable Ruby 3.3.5 by @p-linnane in #18439
- .ruby-version: bump to 3.3.5 by @p-linnane in #18440
- Allow sockets to use longer paths on macOS by @Bo98 in #18434
- PATH: typed: strict by @cho-m in #18431
- test/cask/utils_spec: fix test failure when HOMEBREW_TEMP is a symlink by @Bo98 in #18435
- cmd/list: -t and -r support for some long options by @cho-m in #18425
- style: skip actionlint checks if an actionlint workflow is present by @carlocab in #18441
- unpack_strategy/dmg: more UID handling fixes by @carlocab in #18442
- completions formula_pin: typed: strict, cxxstdlib: typed: strong by @cho-m in #18430
- tap: restore old repo key by @carlocab in #18445
- brew vendor-gems: commit updates. by @boblail in #18450
- shims/super/cc: add modeline for vim-like editors by @carlocab in #18457
- completions: fix short option conflict in zsh completion by @cho-m in #18432
- tap: add repository key. by @MikeMcQuaid in #18461
- warnings: typed: strict by @cho-m in #18443
- livecheck: move #preprocess_url into strategies by @samford in #18455
- shims/super/cc: remove leftover usage of llvm-g++-4.2 by @cho-m in #18460
- workflows/tests: use the container and macos-14 for some jobs by @ZhongRuoyu in #18395
- os/linux/ld: handle nonexistent ld.so.conf more gracefully by @carlocab in #18459
- linkage_checker: skip files with incompatible architectures by @carlocab in #18456
- Gemfile.lock: bump Ruby version by @Bo98 in #18472
- dev-cmd/vendor-gems: fix UID handling by @Bo98 in #18473
- audit: audit deprecate/disable reasons by @bevanjkay in #18463
- feat(tap-info): display Git information about non-Core/non-API taps by @benknoble in #18464
Homebrew for Mac
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Version 4.4.0
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Sep 24 2024
Version: 4.3.23
v4.3.24: "os/linux/ld: harden brewed_ld_so_diagnostics against TypeError by @carlocab in #18333
search: allow @ and + characters by @daeho-ro in #18345
cmd/shellenv: set XDG_DATA_DIRS on Linux by @notfirefox in #18326
dev-cmd/unbottled: fix total unbottled count by @cho-m in #18327
rubocops: xcodebuild needs an Xcode dependency by @cho-m in #18346
dev-cmd/bottle: improve :all bottle handling by @carlocab in #18350
formula_installer: fix manifest error handling by @Bo98 in #18355
github_runner_matrix: include 15-x86_64 with --all-supported by @carlocab in #18362
Use prepended modules instead of undef for OS-specific code by @dduugg in #18305
os/mac/pkgconfig/14: update libcurl for 14.5 SDK by @Bo98 in #18298
formula: fix alias/generic/prepend std_cmake_args issue. by @MikeMcQuaid in #18364"
Sep 5 2024
Version: 4.3.19
WHERE to dig around for Homebrew software, aka FORMULAE, to download: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/
