Questions tagged [homebrew]
System for installing command-line Unix applications and tools on OS X. Free and open-source.
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Can't install Inkscape on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65) via DMG or Homebrew
I've been trying to install Inkscape 0.92.2 via DMG (Xquartz) and via Homebrew (Cask), having previously installed Xquartz (2.7.11) without issue, on my Macbook Pro 13.
Once Inkscape has installed it ...
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Homebrew Vim with Python support depends on Python 3.7.0, and I have to use 3.6.5
I have to use Python 3.6.5 because of a library I use that keeps showing bugs on 3.7.0 (TensorFlow).
I installed Python 3.6.5 using Homebrew as follows:
brew install https://raw.githubusercontent....
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Questions from trouble getting the UniFi Controller to work on macOS High Sierra + Server (port 8080 in use)
After upgrading from Sierra+Server to High Sierra+Server I am running into the problem that port 8080 is occupied by default. This blocks the UniFi controller from launching.
After the upgrade, I ...
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Converting .accdb to sqlite on a mac - open to using terminal or homebrew
How would you convert a Microsoft Access database .accdb to SQLite on a Mac? (High Sierra)
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“brew install python3” fails to compile pyexpat
brew install python3 fails with a pyexpat error, which means the installed Python can't parse XML (breaking pip etc). Here's the relevant excerpt from ~/Library/Logs/Homebrew/python/02.make:
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How to set PHP alias for all users
This is probably easy, but I don't know how to set it for all users.
So, when I run:
which php
it shows
/usr/local/php5-7.2.0-20171215-181251/bin/php
However I've just installed PHP using brew on ...
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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 Store.
Now, I wish to install Homebrew which requires Xcode command ...
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I need Git. Is it better to install command line tools (183mb) or `brew install git`?
I think that it is better to install Git from Homebrew:
Less size
Install only what I need - I do not need LLVM compiler, for example.
Faster install
All packages in one place
No need to re-install ...
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How to get rid of “application downloaded from the internet” message when installing homebrew casks?
I used homebrew cask to install many applications for quite a while now. But recently macOS keeps asking me to first confirm the "application downloaded from the internet" question that is usually ...
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dnsmasq not working oh Mac OS High Sierra
I have a service running on localhost on MacOS High Sierra.
curl foo.test
does not work, but
curl localhost
does.
To get to my setup, I installed dns using homebrew,
brew install dnsmasq
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How to change AD password from MAC OS Sierra
I'm trying to change my Windows AD from my Mac password by doing:
diego$ smbpasswd -U username -r DOMAIN_CONTROLLER_IP
-bash: smbpasswd: command not found
As the command was not found I tried to ...
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How can I stop brew prune and brew upgrade from fighting?
I am running Homebrew on 10.13.6, with the prefix /usr/local.
When I run brew upgrade, two directories are created in /usr/local/share. These are: /usr/local/share/man/man2, and /usr/local/share/...
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Running `nano` uses the old nano(2.0.6) even though nano 3.0 is installed
I installed nano 3.0 with brew install nano, but when I run nano --version, it shows version 2.0.6, which is what came with macOS.
Screenshot:
echo $PATH also shows that /usr/local/bin is listed ...
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Gatekeeper notification doesn't show location of application
I just received a system notification that an application I downloaded with Homebrew was not allowed to launch. This is fine, but the notification gives me no information about where this app resides. ...
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Why is Homebrew finding phantom directories? [duplicate]
I'm running Homebrew on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. I use a bash alias brewup to periodically check on my installation. brewup is defined as below:
alias brewup= 'brew update; brew upgrade; brew ...
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Why do I have a .subversion folder hidden in my home folder on mac OS?
Why do I have a .subversion folder hidden in my home folder on mac OS? I don't remember installing subversion. Inside the .subversion folder is see the following:
my-iMac:.subversion my-imac$ ls
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Remove the G++ link to clang++ on High Sierra
It's a well-known fact that the g++ command actually links to clang++, from the llvm toolkit. Problem is, every makefile that uses g++ has to point explicitly to the location, and unless my end user ...
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Install pdfroff on macOS
What's the recommended way to get the pdfroff command working on macOS?
It appears groff v1.19.2 comes still bundled with macOS 10.13, but pdfroff not anymore. So do I need to reinstall the entire ...
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Installing ffmpeg on mac os 10.9
I had ffmpeg 3.3.4 working very well on my system, then I force uninstalled all versions of ffmpeg including the version above while meddling with a dependancy for another application.
Now, I cannot ...
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Post-install step not completing while installing wine with homebrew
I'm trying to install wine with brew install wine, but it keeps on showing Warning: The post-install step did not complete successfully and when I try again with brew postinstall wine, it shows the ...
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Link pre-installed apps to Homebrew Cask
I installed Slack by downloading the DMG from its website and copying the app bundle into /Applications directory. Alternatively, I could have used brew cask install slack.
Is there a way to make ...
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Open homebrew version of emacs instead of Apple version
I installed emacs 26.1 via brew install emacs, but when I try to start emacs via command line, only the outdated Apple-supplied version (22.1.1) opens.
However, emacs is apparently correctly linked:
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Some homebrew formulas broken after migration
I've migrated from an old MacBook Pro to a new one, using Apple's Migration assistant. Some home-brew formulas migrated with no problem, whereas others got broken at the library reference level. ...
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Brew doesn't recognize previously installed python
I want to use python2 with brew by default. That means that when I type python, it will go to python 2.7.11 .
Currently, brew insists on not linking python that it itself installed. Also, when ...
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How to open a URL with Terminal through applescript by using mpg123?
I need to use mac terminal to open an audio stream from a URL through an applescript. I know that mac terminal is already equipped with afplay, but that only plays a file which is available on your ...
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Upgrading from OS X El Capitan to macOS High Sierra
I'm in the process of planning an upgrade from OS X El Capitan to macOS High Sierra, and I'm using things like Homebrew, Composer, Elasticsearch, and — by extension — Java.
I'm using MAMP Pro with ...
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How to migrate to a new Mac, including SSH keys and dotfiles?
I have an up-to-date 2018 MacBook Pro that I am replacing with a different 2018 MacBook Pro. I'd like to migrate all the content from the first one to the new one, including the SSH keys, all the ...
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Can't see how to run vi having installed it (I want Vi to run Vi not Vim)
I am trying to run Vi (not Vim), because i'm curious about some older commands like :open.
I saw this
https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/1u0q0b/how_to_install_traditional_vi_not_vim_on_os_x/
it ...
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Why does my pip3 installed with Homebrew try to write packages to the system library?
I have apparently done something horrific to my Python install. I just recently installed Python 3.7.0 using Homebrew. When I attempt to use pip3 to install a package, it fails:
$ /usr/local/Cellar/...
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Is Mac OS Extended (Journaled) safe to be used as a developer instead of the Case-sensitive type?
I am coming from Linux world. I just realized that my MacBook is using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition type today and it's case-insensitive. That concerns me a lot as a developer. Because my ...
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Python quit unexpectedly when running Python programs from terminal
I am using Terminal to run code on my macOS High Sierra. I use Python all the time on my laptop (all day every day) and this is the first time I have seen this and it's come somewhat suddenly. I haven'...
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List all installed macOS packages
I've inherited a pre-owned Mac running macOS High Sierra. I wish to use it for Web app development. It's been well-used by the previous owner for Software development and DevOps.
It runs like a ...
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Issues installing Mcrypt PHP module
I am trying to install Mcrypt PHP module but encountering some issues:
Version of PHP installed: 7.1.16
macOS version: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Is the following command that I am running correct?
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How to install GNU base64 on Mac OS X?
I'm trying to run linux scripts on the mac, but even brew's updated base64 doesn't support -w0. I want something close to base64 (GNU coreutils) 8.22
Instead of base64 1.5 from brew or the unknown ...
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Is quilt broken on High Sierra?
I'm trying to use quilt to manage a patch set. I installed it with brew, but I'm having problems adding files to the patch series. When I add a file, I get an error that stat cannot read file system ...
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brew install package asks to install command line tools from a path that doesn't exist
I messed up my command line tools. I already had them installed (and were working pretty great), I also installed the beta 2 macOS 10 version from the apple developers site because the command brew ...
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Installing pyqt5 with homebrew just for python2
I don't have (and do not wish to have) python3 installed. I want to install pyqt5 just for python2.
However every time I try to install pyqt5 with homebrew it keeps downloading python3 and trying to ...
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wget unable to download anything from https sources.
Using wget to download files from an https source is causing a host is down error.
$ wget https://www.google.co.uk/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png
--2018-07-16 20:56:17-- ...
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Installing iodine on High Sierra
As far as I can tell Homebrew no longer holds iodine and I can't see it in the Boneyard either. So I'm wondering if there is another good way to get it onto a computer running High Sierra?
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Homebrew: Rollback from Python 3.7 to Python 3.6.5.x?
A brew upgrade upgraded my system Python to Python 3.7. Unfortunately, Python 3.7 breaks other software I need to use (including but not limited to Ansible). I imagine these problems will be worked ...
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Installing ffmpeg in mac os “command not found”
Hello I tried installing ffmpeg after installing homebrew. when I typed "brew install ffmpeg" it says "command not found" can you help please?
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Installation and configuration automation tool
I'm a developer and would like to automate MacOS configuration as much as possible. I'd like to avoid using TimeMachine as it just restores a backup. I'd like to be able to re-install a system from ...
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brew install mysql@5.7 results in missing mysql bin
I needed MySQL 5.7 installed so I ran brew install mysql@5.7.
When I do brew services list I see mysql@5.7 started.
When I try mysql -uroot I get an error that the bin could not be found.
This didn'...
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What's the implication of deleting /usr/local/var?
On MacOS, what's the implication of deleting /usr/local/var (when it contains the following 3 folders - homebrew, run and mysql)?
Note, you can assume I don't care about anything in the mysql folder ...
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Cannot install brew on Mojave with Xcode10 [duplicate]
I can not install some packages in home-brew like brew install octave.
Installed on my Mac:
macOS 10.14 Beta (18A293u)
Xcode 9.3 (9E145)
Xcode 10.0 beta (10L176w)
This issue have ...
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Install Homebrew packages on macOS Mojave Beta
I am trying to install some dependencies for flutter, which requires homebrew. The only problem is that homebrew does not install any tools.
For example, if I try both brew install --HEAD ...
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Split a large folder containing many files into a set of smaller folders
This seems like a pretty common use case: I have a folder containing multiple files which I'd like to split into multiple folders, where each output folder is no bigger than a given size.
In short,...
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After upgrading weechat using Homebrew, brew says formula built but weechat was not symlinked
I installed weechat 1.9(an IRC client) with brew a long time ago. Today I was trying to update the program to the latest version with 'brew upgrade weechat'. The whole upgrading process was successful,...
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brew cask upgrade does not seem to work
~$ brew cask --version
Homebrew-Cask 1.6.6
Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision 1c78e; last commit 2018-06-01)
~$
~$ brew update
Already up-to-date.
~$
~$ brew cask outdated
~$
~$ brew cask info ...
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Automate package installation via shell script for macOS?
I am trying to write a shell script to automate installation of a bunch of dependencies for a project on macOS which will be an equivalent script for the same that works on EL6/EL7 and uses the yum ...
