2 Ways to Install Homebrew in MacOS Tahoe
Homebrew is a powerful command line package manager that allows you to easily install, update, and manage popular command line programs and tools, as well as traditional graphical apps with cask (and third party tools like Applite help you manage cask through the GUI too). It’s a popular tool with advanced Mac users and those coming to the Mac from a unix or Linux background, but even those who are curious about the command line will likely find utility in its capabilities.
Installing Homebrew the traditional way can be a little intimidating for some who are newer to the command since it requires using the command line itself just to install, and while that method still works just fine, we’re also going to show you a really simple way to install Homebrew using the traditional route of installing apps on Mac by using a package installer. Let’s get to it and you’ll have Homebrew installed in no time.
1: Super Easy Way to Install Homebrew on MacOS Tahoe with Package Installer
Homebrew now offers a simple package installer, which is handled through the GUI. This may be an easier option for some users, or helpful for mass deployments or multiple installations across different computers:
- Grab the latest HomeBrew release installer package from Github here
- Run the package installer as usual to install Homebrew into MacOS Tahoe
With Homebrew installed you can now launch Terminal to begin installing various packages and GUI apps, or you can grab Applite, another GUI app, to install apps with cask through a familiar GUI interface too.
2: Easy to Install Homebrew on MacOS Tahoe via Terminal (classic method)
The traditional way to install Homebrew is with the command line and curl, using the following syntax to remotely execute the brew installer:
- Run the following command in Terminal:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
After the command finishes running successfully, Homebrew will be installed and ready to use at the command line.
Either the GUI package installer or classic command line route will install the same version of Homebrew with the same capabilities, so choose whichever works best for you.
After installing Homebrew you might want to disable Homebrew analytics since it phones home (as everything tries to do in the modern era, sayonara to privacy).
Homebrew is a really powerful tool and a great way to introduce yourself to endless command line utilities and programs, if this subject interests you don’t miss our many other command line articles and Homebrew specific topics too.
