Homebrew for Mac
Manage the installation process of other open source software.
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Homebrew overview
Homebrew is a command line utility designed to streamline the installation of various libraries and utilities that you might need to run certain applications, but have not been included in your macOS installation by default.
The both application provides you with access to a large collection of packages which you can browse using the command line, or by making use of online resources such as the Braumeister website.
Effortless to install macOS package manager that runs in the Terminal
To deploy Homebrew on your Mac, you can manually download the source code archive and install wherever you like, or you can run the command provided by the development team in Terminal window (will place Homebrew in the /usr/local folder):
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
What's new in version 6.0.2
Changed
- rubocops/lines: add JavaVersions cop by @cho-m in #22681
- os/mac/hardware/cpu: fallback to generic CPU detection if sysctl fails by @Bo98 in #22682
- Handle pinned dependency failures in upgrade previews by @rexmhall09 in #22683
- codex/hooks: return JSON. by @MikeMcQuaid in #22686
- build(deps): bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #22689
- build(deps): bump the bundler group across 2 directories with 11 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #22688
- sandbox: deny all of $HOME except Homebrew dirs by @MikeMcQuaid in #22660
- Trust custom remote items by @MikeMcQuaid in #22695
- Report only successful upgrades by @MikeMcQuaid in #22702
- Restore user alias completions by @MikeMcQuaid in #22693
- Expose sandboxed command execution by @MikeMcQuaid in #22696
- Use API bottle metadata for fetch by @MikeMcQuaid in #22666
- Retarget redirected tap trust by @MikeMcQuaid in #22706
- sandbox: fix deny_read_home crashes and trust check by @MikeMcQuaid in #22700
- Use API cask metadata for fetch by @MikeMcQuaid in #22670
- Start install downloads earlier by @MikeMcQuaid in #22662
- Avoid sandbox user config reads by @MikeMcQuaid in #22712
- Limit sandbox home deny rules by @MikeMcQuaid in #22715
- test: deny shell config reads in sandboxed home by @p-linnane in #22716
- sandbox: scope require "trust" to avoid brew irb failure by @cho-m in #22717
- which-formula: parse all expected cli options by @rrotter in #22709
- Fix Codex stop hook brew lgtm output (again) by @MikeMcQuaid in #22722
- Drop GitHub code coverage upload by @MikeMcQuaid in #22723
- formula: restore missing finding aliases for old tabs by @cho-m in #22714
- Add command to set up sandbox by @SMillerDev in #22691
- Handle mksh in Utils::Shell.set_variable_in_profile by @thiagogenez in #22727
- Make bottle cache checks cheaper by @MikeMcQuaid in #22720
- Keep tap remotes visible in builds by @MikeMcQuaid in #22721
- help: run an external command's own --help when undocumented by @p-linnane in #22725
- Allow Bubblewrap auto-install by @MikeMcQuaid in #22728
- generate-zap: search app bundle identifiers by @loganrosen in #22731
- formula: add Zig CPU to std_zig_args by @cho-m in #22735
- untap: continue processing remaining taps on failure by @aqeelat in #22743
- resource: remove Resource::Go by @cho-m in #22738
- Source utils.sh in items.sh for opoo by @MikeMcQuaid in #22744
- Do not prompt for confirmation on dry-run upgrade by @MikeMcQuaid in #22747
Homebrew for Mac
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Version 6.0.2
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