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 install “oath-toolkit” on a MacBook Air (2017) running macOS Monterey (12.7.6)?
I got this MacBook Air (2017, Intel Dual Core i5, 8GB RAM) from a friend to use as a secondary laptop, and I need to install oath-toolkit to generate my 2FA keys for a couple of sites (I have my ...
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how to make brew install to provided XDG path
i think brew installs binaries, libraries & apps to a consolidated directory
is there a solution to making brew install to specific locations such as XDG_BIN_HOME or XDG_DATA_HOME without ...
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Any reason homebrew env should be set twice in .zprofile?
I peeked in my .zprofile and the contents are:
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
eval
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
That seems transparently silly (lines 2-3 ...
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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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