According to the Homebrew site, to install it, I need to type:
brew install wget
I get an error message:
-bash: brew: command not found
Found this answer. The problem, however, is I don't see brew
in /usr/local/bin
.
I added the below line to my .bashrc
file
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
Still getting the command not found
error.
How do I install Homebrew on macOS?
/bin/bash
given that zsh
is the new default in mac? also if the answers fail this might help: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/419724/…
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/HomeBrew
if your having issues
It's on the top of the Homebrew homepage.
From a Terminal prompt:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
The command brew install wget
is an example of how to use Homebrew to install another application (in this case, wget
) after brew is already installed.
Historic...
Before about 2020, the command given on the Homebrew page was:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
If you are using m1 chip mac then run below command after installing homebrew and open the terminal again:
echo "export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.zshrc
Check if Xcode is installed or not:
$ gcc --version
$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
$ brew doctor
$ brew update
http://techsharehub.blogspot.com/2013/08/brew-command-not-found.html "click here for exact instruction updates"
brew doctor
How To Set Up Your Mac for Homebrew
Step 1
Check you have already Install the Xcode. Run the below command in your terminal
/usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
It will print the below sample output:
Xcode 12.3 Build version 12C33
Step 2
Now Open Xcode:
Select preferences Select location tab Now in command Line Tool select your Xcode version from dropdown menu
Step 3
In terminal run below command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Note : if you have M1 Chip Mac run the below command, close terminal and open the terminal again
echo "export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.zshrc
export
should go to .zshrc
or .bash_profile
depends on your login shell. New user accounts default to Zsh but Bash is still an option, and will probably be your shell if you created your account on an older version of macOS where Bash was the default, or you subsequently explicitly configured Bash as your shell.
/bin/bash
given that zsh
is the new default in mac?
For Mac with Apple Silicon (M1), First export your path and enter the brew command.
export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
brew
I might be late to the party, but there is a cool website where you can search for the packages and it will list the necessary command to install the stuff. BrewInstall is the website.
However you can install wget with the following command:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install wget
Hope this helps :)
For m1 mac, use this command and restart the terminal.
echo "export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.zshrc
On an out of the box MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6
$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Gives the following error:
curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a "bundle" of Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). If the default bundle file isn't adequate, you can specify an alternate file using the --cacert option. If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA represented in the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed due to a problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name might not match the domain name in the URL). If you'd like to turn off curl's verification of the certificate, use the -k (or --insecure) option. HTTPS-proxy has similar options --proxy-cacert and --proxy-insecure.
Solution: Just add a k to your Curl Options
$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSLk https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Brew has now been rewritten in Bash!
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
first, install the homebrew by pasting the command in the mac terminal
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
then edit your .bashrc file
vi .bashrc
paste the below command at the end and save it
export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
to save simply type :wq
and press enter
if bashrc file is not there then simply create and then edit the file, to create type
touch ~/.bashrc
and then simply run the command
source ~/.bashrc
now try to use the brew command hopefully it will work now
Update: if you are in M1 mac then after installing homebrew just run the command mentioned below and reload the terminal
echo "export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.zshrc
Here is a version that wraps the homebrew installer in a bash function that can be run from your deployment scripts:
install_homebrew_if_not_present() {
echo "Checking for homebrew installation"
which -s brew
if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
echo "Homebrew not found. Installing..."
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
else
echo "Homebrew already installed! Updating..."
brew update
fi
}
And another function which will install a homebrew formula if it is not already installed:
brew_install () {
if brew ls --versions $1 > /dev/null; then
echo "already installed: $1"
else
echo "Installing forumula: $1..."
brew install $1
fi
}
Once you have these functions defined you can use them as follows in your bash script:
install_homebrew_if_not_present
brew_install wget
brew_install openssl
...
I faced the same problem of brew command not found while installing Homebrew on mac BigSur with M1 processor.
I - Install XCode if it is not installed yet.
II - Select terminal.app in Finder.
III - RMB click on Terminal and select "Get Info"
IV - Select Open using Rosetta checkbox.
V - Close any open Terminal windows.
VI - Open a new Terminal window and install Hobebrew:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
VII - Test Homebrew installation.
IIX - Uncheck Open using Rosetta checkbox.
If you still get error after running,
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Then try to download and install command line tool from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/ for your particular Mac os and Xcode version.
Then try to run,
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
and then
brew install node
node
is completely spurious here. The question asks how to install brew
, not node
.
Open Terminal and put below command. Install:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Uninstall:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"
Once install complete after entering brew commands:
brew install wget
brew install node
brew install watchman
...
...
You can install brew using below command.
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
However, while using this you will get warning that it buy homebrew installer is now deprecated. Recommended to use Bash instead.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/iTbuE.png
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
https://i.stack.imgur.com/M31C1.png
Following command doesn't work if your are under proxy.
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Instead user following -
ruby -e "$(curl -x http://DOMAIN%5cUSER_NAME:PASSWORD@PROXY:PORT -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Note we have to use %5c instead of "\" Similarly if your password has any special character replace it with unicode e.g for @ use %40 Refer this Unicodes
Replace above command with your own params
DOMAIN - Your Domain
USER_NAME - Your User Name
PASSWORD - password
PROXY - 10.10.10.10
PORT - 8080
macOS Big Sur
Had to add this to Terminal
cmd to get Brew
running.
Add Homebrew to your PATH in /Users/*username/.zprofile: echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> /Users/*username/.zprofile eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)
*username = your local machine username
Resolve " -bash: brew: command not found "
Add Homebrew to your PATH in /Users//.bash_profile:
echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> /Users//.bash_profile
eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)
add the following in your terminal and click enter then follow the instruction in the terminal. /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Not sure why nobody mentioned this : when you run the installation command from the official site, in the final lines you would see something like below, and you need to follow the ==> Next steps:
==> Installation successful!
==> Homebrew has enabled anonymous aggregate formulae and cask analytics.
Read the analytics documentation (and how to opt-out) here:
https://docs.brew.sh/Analytics
No analytics data has been sent yet (or will be during this `install` run).
==> Homebrew is run entirely by unpaid volunteers. Please consider donating:
https://github.com/Homebrew/brew#donations
==> Next steps:
- Add Homebrew to your PATH in /Users/{YOUR USER NAME}/.bash_profile:
echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> /Users/{YOUR USER NAME}/.bash_profile
eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)
This is for bash
shell. You will see different steps for every different shell, but the source of the steps are same.
After I had tried everything described, I looked up into the folder permission of brew in /usr/local/etc/. Somehow the permission were changed and I was not able to open the folder. I changed the folder permissions(with chmod) with same permissions as the other folders and brew start working.
Here's the script:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Success story sharing
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL bit.ly/brew-install)"
Add Homebrew to your PATH in /Users/username/.bash_profile: echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/username/.bash_profile eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
next steps
section at the bottom of the terminal, there are 2 steps to run like:echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/[user]/.zprofile
andeval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
Error: homebrew-core is a shallow clone. homebrew-cask is a shallow clone.