Questions tagged [homebrew]
System for installing command-line Unix applications and tools on OS X. Free and open-source.
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Tcl-Tk Homebrew install with X11 support
I am trying to modify the tcl-tk Homebrew formula to have tk installed with x11 instead of the default aqua. However I haven't been able to do it so far. Can anyone help?
This is the tcl-tk.rb:
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Java JDK installed via HomeBrew, but an application is erroring out that it cannot load the JRE, is there something else i need to set?
Title says it all. Installed (successfully, no errors) Java via HomeBrew on a fresh install of Mojave. From Terminal, I get the expected responses when I run things like which java and java -version ...
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mac won't start after “sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(brew --prefix)/*” command
I tried to install a program and it alwaysed lacked permission on /usr/local.
I tried sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local but then found out that doesn't work anymore with High Sierra.
So I tried sudo ...
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System using old version of rSync instread of new version
I have a Mac computer and would like to send backups to a Synology NAS.
Apple has rSync 2.6.9 pre-loaded with the operating system.
I installed rSync 3.1.3 using HomeBrew as Synology Active Backup ...
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How to make netcat output verbose information on macOS Mojave?
I've tried to use various netcat's from Brew, MacPorts, and Apple etc., but neither of them output verbose information, like "Listening to all interfaces":
nc -lvp 443
[No verbose output here...]
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Brew - Node@8 with npm v5
Using Brew I have installed Node 8.x due to a version restriction on something i am working on.
I used brew install node@8 in the command line
However i need npm 5.x for a similar reason, which I ...
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Homebrew dnsmasq “Service exited with abnormal code: 2” (Mac OS X Sierra 10.12.6)
Workaround (update)
A quick workaround is to stop the job through brew services stop dnsmasq. Then you should first unload the launchd configuration file and then reload it.
$ sudo launchctl unload -...
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How to properly install freetype2 devel package?
I wish to install freetype 2 dev package so I can use the fontconvert tool in Adafruit-GFX-Library
Here is what I get
$make fontconvert
fontconvert.c:22:10: fatal error: 'ft2build.h' file not found
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byobu on macOS: Bad interpreter
I installed byobu via Homebrew and when trying to run it, I get the following error:
/usr/local/bin/byobu-select-session: /usr/local/Cellar/byobu/5.127/lib/byobu/include/select-session.py: /usr/bin/...
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How do I install beta command line tools using softwareupdate -l on 10.14.5?
On a clean install of 10.14.5: Multiple reports of the beta version not working using a headless install: https://github.com/Homebrew/install/issues/206
This lead me to trying to manually do a ...
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Brew upgrade causing libraries to be unlinked
I'm running a number of services on my local - php@7.2, postgresql, node, mariadb, etc. Every time I do brew upgrade X some of the libraries that are generally used will become unlinked (?) resulting ...
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Stuck in upgrading PHP version on localhost Mojave
I'm trying to get PHP7.2 working on localhost, but phpinfo() keeps saying 7.1.19 is in place while ~php -v tells me PHP7.2.18 is in place.
I run ~php -v it says:
PHP 7.2.18 (cli) (built: May 2 ...
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What if there is an error message that adoptopenjdk8 exists in multiple taps?
When brew cleanup shows the following error message:
Error: Cask adoptopenjdk8 exists in multiple taps:
homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8
adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8
How can I resolve ...
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How to Install Clang specifically
While trying to run a MATLAB script, I am getting the following error:
Compiling minFunc files...
Building with 'Xcode with Clang'.
Error using mex
xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/...
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What's the best way to update Homebrew when upgrading macOS?
I'm just about to finally update my MacBook Pro to macOS Mojave, hoping that the issues have all been resolved. But when I got this new machine I changed from using MacPorts to using Homebrew.
When I ...
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Confusion over scrubbing the Caskroom with `brew cleanup`
Apparently brew cleanup also cleans the cask cache. But my problem was that many casks leave their installers in /usr/local/Caskroom, which is not considered part of the cache, and thus taking up a ...
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f3 Fight Flash Fraud: “f3probe command not found” Mac OS Mojave
I'm testing SD Flash Cards and my linux machine decided to be rude and stop operating the SD Card Reader (time for a USB device). So I switched over to the reliable old iMac to happily find that F3 ...
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_complete:96: bad math expression: operand expected at end of string in iTerm and Terminal on Tab kypresses
Mac command line say "bad math expression: operand expected at end of string"
Previously asks the question however the solution of restarting my computer has not worked.. I was hoping someone might ...
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How to proper setting root mysql password
I'm trying to make Mysql and phpMyAdmin works.
I installed mysql using brew
Following those answers https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6474775/setting-the-mysql-root-user-password-on-os-x
I tried ...
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How to Start Postgres Service in MacOs?
I already install PostgreSQL using homebrew "brew install postgresql". But after that, I will start the service of the Postgres service its give me some error message.
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/...
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Failing to install the package “Pygments” with brew
I'm try to use the minted package in latex to display code in latex document. I get an error message "you must have pygmentize installed" to use this package. So I tried to install the package ...
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Does a wget showing full request headers, exist on mac? The GNU wget on mac doesn't but the GNU wget on windows (Wget 1.19)
Does a wget showing full request headers, exist on mac? The GNU wget on mac doesn't but the GNU wget on windows (Wget 1.19)
The example output that I want, is what I get on GNU Wget in Windows (This ...
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How can I completely uninstall Xcode in macOS Mojave 10.14?
After upgrading to macOS Mojave 10.14, Xcode was no longer updating correctly and my build process was reporting that stdlib.h was missing. Thus, I attempted to uninstall it so I could reinstall it ...
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Pip Installed Tools: “command not found” | Homebrew Installed Python Tools Work Fine
I installed Python 3 with Homebrew and a tool I was installing through Homebrew auto-installed Python 2.x. So, I have both and pip (etc) is installed for both, unlike the macOS default Python.
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Display the app location of every cask
I know how to use brew cask list to display every installed cask. However, this only provides me with the name of each cask:
1password
1password-cli
font-fira-code
font-ubuntu
geekbench
visual-studio-...
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How to set the python environment for LaunchDaemons
I have installed Python 3 via Homebrew, on my Mojave system, and have it symlinked to /usr/local/bin/python.
I have a LaunchDaemon plist as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!...
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Erased /usr/bin/env on accident. How can I restore it?
I accidentally deleted /usr/bin/env and it causing issues when I want to run
brew install python
I am getting the following error:
brew install python3
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 91: /usr/bin/env: ...
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Is it possible to uninstall Xcode, keep the CLI tools and have a working Homebrew installation running on macOS Mojave?
I am trying to claw back as much disk space as possible, and I have no use for Xcode aside from the fact it provides the Command Line Tools I need for using Homebrew. Can I:
Remove Xcode (how to do ...
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Homebrew running update && upgrade error: Another active Homebrew update process is already in progress
Recently on MacOS 10.14.3 I started getting error when I run following two commands together:
$ brew update && brew upgrade
Error: Another active Homebrew update process is already in ...
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Running a command with access to “System Events.app” granted
I am updating applications installed via Homebrew from command line. iTerm2 requires access to "System Events.app" to be correctly updated, which ends up in a process that is not fully automated and ...
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Error while attempting to install Homebrew on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
I'm attempting to update my installation of Homebrew by re-installing as prescribed by http://brew.sh:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)...
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How can I change the ownership of the unwritable directories for Homebrew?
I had admin account before and I deleted the admin and made the user as admin because it was bit of pain in neck. This is now the admin user called zuhairhallak. Before, installing Homebrew, it was ...
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Homebrew Cask: List all formula available for installation
After updating the local Homebrew cache by running brew update, I have been using brew search and brew cask search to list all the available formula for installation via Homebrew Core and Homebrew ...
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Why do I get “Warning: You are using macOS 10.9” from Homebrew when I have 10.9.5?
I have just reinstalled OS X on my Macbook, I'm trying to get homebrew to install subversion, but I encounter the following error:
"Warning: You are using macOS 10.9.
We (and Apple) do not provide ...
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Does Homebrew get removed after upgrading Mac OS?
I recently upgraded my Mac from 10.13 to 10.14 and I can't seem to find my Homebrew. /usr/local is practically empty; just MySQL remains. Does brew get removed after an OS upgrade? Should I install it ...
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Deleting empty Directory with File's Ghosts?
I am trying to delete bunch of directories appearing to be empty
amr@MacBook ~/folders> ls -la -R
total 24
drwxrwxrwx 6 amr staff 192 Mar 9 14:37 .
drwx---r-x+ 40 amr staff 1280 ...
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Recovering old mysql data files with newer version of mysql installed with Homebrew
I installed mysql with Homebrew about a year or so back and created some databases with it. I uninstalled it some time last year. The data files in /usr/local/var/mysql are still around.
I recently ...
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Is there any way to install homebrew on iOS (jailbroken)
I'd like to install homebrew on my iPhone running iOS 10.3.3, which is jailbroken and has Terminal and NewTerm installed.
When I run /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -k -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent....
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Applications installed with brew cask install won't launch for other users
I have two users accounts on my Mac, one for personal use and one for work use. I use Homebrew to install most of my applications.
However, whatever GUI application I install using brew cask install ...
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Install older removed brew formula version
While brew has an accessible simple versioning mechanism, it's restricted to versions used by a large number of people. So for popular versions, it's easy:
brew search node # gives node@6, node@8, ...
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How to invoke /usr/local/bin/g++-X instead of XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/c++
{MacOS 10.14.1 Mojave, Xcode 10.1}
I'm working on building the POPF planner under MacOS and I'm stuck on a system library include problem that I'm not sure how to overcome.
I have exported export ...
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Git clone fails with “fatal: multiple updates for ref 'refs/tags/v1.0.0' not allowed” on MacOS Mojave
I did a lot of operations on my computer last night, basically updating/upgrading(?) brew, which installed a new git version, updated python, lots of stuff and today I figured I couldn't clone a ...
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Unable to start mysql 5.6
I installed mysql 5.6 using homebrew but haven't been able to start it/login using Sequel pro.
When I run mysql.server start in the terminal I am getting this error -
ERROR! The server quit ...
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avoiding python@2 redundant dependency
I installed gdal using homedal because I need it for ortho4xp, which uses python3. I noticed that gdal depends on both python and python@2. Gdal is not the only package doing this. It pulls in numpy, ...
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How do I prevent nginx from auto-loading using homebrew?
I'm using Mac High Sierra. I install nginx with homebrw a while back, but I can't remember how to permanently stop it from running when my computer boots. I have this file
localhost:mydir davea$ ls ...
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Why are all dependencies forced in Homebrew FFmpeg 4.1?
When upgrading to the latest FFmpeg (4.1) through Homebrew, I noticed that an overwhelming number of new dependencies were installed. At the same time, brew info ffmpeg revealed that all installation ...
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Why is Homebrew lynx configuration not in my home directory
When installing lynx with Homebrew, the primary configuration (according to the lynx option screen) is at a long, version-specific path (thus the path will change every time a new version is installed)...
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Launch homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq when NIC becomes available?
I am running homebrew dnsmasq on my Mac.
Dsmasq is configured to only respond to traffic on one NIC (en7).
en7 is a usb-c ethernet adapter.
When this adapter is not active (not plugged in, switch ...
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Mac OS: zero-byte files in home directory
I have some strange empty (zero-byte) files in my home directory and I have no idea from where they come.
I installed 'brew' on fresh Mac OS Mojave around this time.
There are many 'version like' ...
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Is brew using MySQL or MariaDB
A few months ago I installed either MySQL or MariaDB via Homebrew. But I don't remember exactly which one. Now I am trying to figure it out, because MariaDB supports features that MySQL does not, such ...
