Homebrew for Mac
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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 6.0.21
Changed
- Harden build prefix relocation of poured bottles by @MikeMcQuaid in #23667
- Harden build prefix relocation of poured bottles by @MikeMcQuaid in #23670
- Drop macOS Intel CI in Homebrew/core by @p-linnane in #23677
- formula: use -Wno-author in std_cmake_args by @p-linnane in #23676
- docs: update brew tap's description by @AlternateRT in #23687
- bundle/mac_app_store: Support upcoming mas 8.0.0 by @rgoldberg in #23690
- Handle absent cask bundle version suffixes by @MikeMcQuaid in #23688
- Speed up and expand integration coverage by @MikeMcQuaid in #23684
- Split slow test jobs by @MikeMcQuaid in #23675
- rubocops: add CMakeArgs cop by @p-linnane in #23680
- Group upgrade dependencies and dependents by @MikeMcQuaid in #23691
- Relativise absolute symlinks into the prefix when bottling by @MikeMcQuaid in #23682
- Defer the relocated pour validation sweep by @MikeMcQuaid in #23681
- Stream parallel cleanup output by @MikeMcQuaid in #23692
- github_runner_matrix: use macos-15-intel for Portable Ruby x86_64 by @p-linnane in #23694
- advisory-match: sync alias families and reopen reviewed ranges by @p-linnane in #23696
- tap: normalise Codeberg remote forms by @AlternateRT in #23697
- Break out GitHub Packages downloads per tag by @MikeMcQuaid in #23698
- Add padded bottle build prefixes by @MikeMcQuaid in #23693
- test/spec_helper: skip missing test tools under brew test-bot by @p-linnane in #23700
- extend/pathname: one lstat per entry in compute_disk_usage by @krehel in #23701
- rubocops/cask: flag redundant nested on_* blocks by @p-linnane in #23705
- audit: add --fix command for casks by @bevanjkay in #23618
- Enable shorter-prefix bottle relocation by @MikeMcQuaid in #23699
- utils/tty: memoise a failed stty size by @krehel in #23706
- formula_auditor: reject Linux libomp dependency in core formula by @cho-m in #23708
- rubocops/lines: add cop for jpeg dependency by @cho-m in #23709
- rubocops/lines: remove dead syntax by @cho-m in #23710
- bundle: require cask/cask_loader before use by @p-linnane in #23716
- Never install downloads with checksum mismatches by @MikeMcQuaid in #23717
- Reduce Intel macOS to Tier 3 by @p-linnane in #23679
- Harden unsigned API, trust, installer and output boundaries by @p-linnane in #23720
- Restore brew analytics to the manpage and completions by @dylanpulver in #23721
- Verify cached downloads at every consumption boundary by @p-linnane in #23719
- release: skip doctor on Tier 3 Intel macOS by @MikeMcQuaid in #23725
- Speed up test-bot smoke jobs by @MikeMcQuaid in #23724
Homebrew for Mac
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Version 6.0.21
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