Questions tagged [homebrew]
System for installing command-line Unix applications and tools on OS X. Free and open-source.
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How to host local repo of select Homebrew packages?
I want to allow a group of users to use Homebrew for macOS, but I also want to maintain the update schedule and list of available packages, including Homebrew itself. My understanding is that I could ...
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Homebrew cannot find pkgconf *.pc files besides pkgconf itself
I have several Homebrew packages installed. I’m trying to make a Swift Package that adapts one of those Homebrew packages to Swift. The SPM package file can specify to search for the library using ...
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undeclared identifier 'AVCaptureDeviceTypeContinuityCamera' in building qtmultimedia
Trying to brew upgrade qt 6.9.2 to 6.9.3, but it errored out on building qtmultimedia:
==> Installing qt dependency: qtmultimedia
==> cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX=/usr/...
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Failed applying an ad-hoc signature to /usr/local/Cellar/openjdk/25/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/MacOS/libjli.dylib
I am using brew upgrade to upgrade openjdk from 24.0.2 to 25 on my Ventura 13.7.8 macOS.
It looks to be successful mostly, except for one error of an ad-hoc signature on a dylib file:
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Error: Xcode alone is not sufficient on Ventura
Trying to brew update and brew upgrade on my Ventura 13.7.8 to bring the packages up to date.
But ran into this error:
==> Upgrading freetype
2.13.3 -> 2.14.1_1
Warning: A newer Command Line ...
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Cannot install ffmpeg on macOS Monterey
I want to install ffmpeg so as to be able to use it with Audacity. The purpose is to reduce the size of an M4A audio file so that I can transcribe the recording.
I am a former software engineer, and I ...
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"mas list" does not work on macOS 26. My user not in admin group!
I use brew bundle dump for a software inventory. But mas list does not work. (See GitHub: mas)
Error:
mas list
Error: No installed apps found
If this is unexpected, the following command line should ...
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brew update and write to file new formulas and casks
How to write output brew update command to file?
cd $(brew --repository homebrew/core)
git checkout f145a827dc3efcef9529692012df6099319caee8
brew update | tee >(awk '/^==> New Formulae$/{flag=1;...
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Is there a faster way to fix homebrew bash completion links?
After installing homebrew and running brew bundle install, if your brewfile contains both bash-completion@2 and other formulae that offer bash completions, the other formulae's bash completions will ...
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"topgrade" or "brew" issue? Warning: Calling conflicts_with formula: is deprecated! There is no replacement
When I run topgrade I get a warning:
topgrade
── 12:54:43 - Brew ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
==> Updating Homebrew...
==> Updated Homebrew from e4e6185272 to ...
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After `brew install --cask claude-code` running `claude` fails with "claude not Opened: Apple could not verify claude is free of malware..."
I successfully installed "Claude Code" using brew install --cask claude-code.
When I then type claude in zsh, I get a macOS system pop up saying:
"claude" not Opened
Apple could ...
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~/.homebrew/brew.env: How-To specify two different HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS?
This is my brew.env.
cat ~/.homebrew/brew.env
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS="--no-quarantine"
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS="--appdir=~/Applications"
HOMEBREW_CLEANUP_MAX_AGE_DAYS=2
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Why does “brew search” for “peertube” match with “freetube”? How does the search work?
Why does brew search for peertube match with freetube? How does the search work?
brew search peertube
==> Casks
freetube
brew info --cask freetube
==> freetube: 0.23.5
https://freetubeapp.io/
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Authentication failed when connecting to MacOS host with Xpra
I'm trying to connect xpra from a Linux client to a MacOS host. I have xpra and xquartz installed on the MacOS host via homebrew. And I am able to connect to the MacOS host directly with ssh using ...
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Mosh on Mac crashing with SIGSEGV Address Boundary error
I've been using mosh on my mac to connect to a few linux systems for a long time without issue. Earlier this week, the homebrew crew released an update to mosh ( https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-...
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