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Installing Homebrew on macOS


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?


Solution

  • 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)"