System for installing command-line Unix applications and tools on Mac OS X. Free and open-source.
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How do I install Homebrew on Tiger?
According to this previous question, I want to install Homebrew Tiger branch on my iBook running ... well, Tiger.
Unfortunatly, when running the Ruby one-liner,
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL ...
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Minimal Xcode installation without iOS SDK
I am in the progress of switching my MBP to run off an SSD, so I’ve been looking of ways to save harddisk space. Xcode with the iOS SDK weighs around 10GB, and since I don’t really use the iOS SDK for ...
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Get default ruby back
I'm in the process of setting up my Ruby on Rails development environment and part of that was playing around with RVM. I screwed up a bit though because I deleted the /usr/local/bin/ruby which was ...
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What is the best Homebrew version for an iBook running Tiger?
I have an old iBook running Mac OS Tiger, and I want to install the Homebrew package manager on it. Which branch should I choose ?
The Tiger one?
The PPC one?
Another one?
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How do I uninstall imagemagick from Mac OS X?
I have ImageMagick installed on my Mac. I manually installed it and the dependencies.
However, it is causing some problems with brew doctor, so I would like to just uninstall it. After uninstalling ...
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MySQL Preference Pane control for MySQL installed via Homebrew
I have installed MySQL via homebrew: brew install mysql. I'd like to get the MySQL preference pane hooked up to my installation of MySQL through homebrew. How can I achieve this?
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What would I lose if I needed to reinstall from a Time Machine backup?
Is there a list somewhere of the areas of the hard drive that aren't backed up by Time Machine? And does reinstalling from Time Machine install everything from the backup or just parts of it?
I like ...
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Homebrew wants me to delete /usr/local/lib?
From the Homebrew installation page :
We recommend you delete /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib
But my /usr/local/lib contains the following files:
$ ls /usr/local/lib
charset.alias ...
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Why can't I use .app bundles symlinked into /Applications as default in the 'open with' dialog?
I have installed emacs with homebrew, with the --cocoa flag, which makes homebrew create an .app bundle in /usr/local/Cellar/emacs/<version>/Emacs.app. I have symlinked the .app bundle into ...
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How can I install XJig on Snow Leopard? [closed]
I'm trying to install XJig on Snow Leopard 10.6.5.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xjig/
I've installed dependencies using Homebrew but am now getting this error when running make
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Migrating from MacPorts to Homebrew. Is there any specific advice in how to minimize disruption?
I want to stop using macports, and use homebrew instead, I have been reading on their approach and it makes more sense to me.
Now, I don't care much about having to reinstall my packages, even if some ...
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Are my permissions for /usr/local/ correct?
I’m using HomeBrew for my port needs (seems a bit “cleaner” than MacPorts).
I can install without sudoing (which is great), but the man linking step seems to require it (/usr/local/share/man/man3 ...
