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System for installing command-line Unix applications and tools on OS X. Free and open-source.

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Homebrew errors; update fails

Homebrew has been working fine for years...until today. Anyone know what's going on and/or how to fix it? …
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Homebrew doctor warning: you have unlinked kegs in your Cellar

How do you fix this? $ brew doctor ... Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on those kegs to fail to run properly …
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Homebrew: change name of group ownership in /usr/local/ so admins and standard users can brew

I have a local admin user and a few "network" mobile users (without admin privileges) who need to be able to brew on a Mac. So, these 'network' users are not members of the group admin and probably sh …
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Homebrew: can't remove 'keg-only' OpenSSL application

Given the recent OpenSSL scare I'm trying to clean out older versions from my machines but Homebrew won't let me: $ brew dirty openssl (1.0.1e, 1.0.1f, 1.0.1g) $ brew cleanup openssl Warning: Skipping …
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Upgrade RVM and now PATH is broken

My PATH no longer includes /usr/local/bin even though it is the first line of /etc/paths: #/etc/paths /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin $PATH: $ echo $PATH /usr/bin:/bin:/Users/meltemi/ …
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RBENV managed Rubies: VIM upgrade forcing homebrew to install Ruby

$ rbenv version 2.3.1 (set by /Users/meltemi/.rbenv/version) $ which ruby /Users/meltemi/.rbenv/shims/ruby I've used Homebrew to install packages like vim for years and never had Ruby version be installed … via Homebrew. …
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Repeated Oh My Zsh brew plugin warnings

I keep seeing this warning every time I open an new shell on one of my machines: Oh My Zsh brew plugin: With the advent of their 1.0 release, Homebrew has decided to bundle the zsh completion as … If you find that brew completion no longer works, make sure you have your Homebrew installation fully up to date. You will only see this message once. …
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Homebrew installed PostgreSQL for use by multiple accounts

I'm using Homebrew to install PostgreSQL (PG) on a MacBook Air. admin user brew installed PostgreSQL. …
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Homebrew permissions & multiple users needing to brew update

I'm using Homebrew to manage package installs on Lion (Lion Server actually but this shouldn't matter). Homebrew was installed under one user. … All users who would need to modify Homebrew are members of admin group. So, I could chmod -R g+w /usr/local/ but afraid this will bork something or create security issues?!? Advice? …
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macOS Ventura has two copies of Postgres in Login Items

/homebrew/Cellar/postgres that points to the 14.6 directory (above). … As mentioned above /opt/homebrew/Cellar/postgresql is a symlink to /opt/homebrew/Cellar/postgresql@14 So...which launchd plist to delete?!? …
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