Every developer knows about the Homebrew package manager that makes it really easy to install, update applications, and utilities on a Mac. The installation of homebrew remains the same for the new macOS version BigSur, but we will explain how to it anyway in this article.
Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS operating system. It allows you to download and install binaries, applications, and utilities using your terminal. In this article, you'll learn how to install and use Homebrew on your macOS machine. Homebrew lets you customise macOS to their taste, using beer-inspired jargon. With powerful command-line tools, you can install a 'brew' from 'kegs' and 'taps'. Easy software installations. Homebrew is a tool that makes installing software on macOS an effortless task.
Note for ARM processors users
Homebrew Macos 10.13
If your Mac uses the Apple Silicon (M1 Chip), you will have a problem with the installation till the date of publication of this article. You can read in this another article how to solve the issue of Homebrew that doesn't run on the M1 chip.
If your processor has an Intel-based processor, then you can follow the tutorial without any inconvenience (which is short anyway).
Uninstall Homebrew Mac
Installing Homebrew
Start by opening the Terminal and start the homebrew setup by simply downloading the installation script of homebrew with curl and then running it with bash. You can easily do this with a single command like this:
The installation script does a variety of stuff as setting the installation directory and so on. After running the command, the terminal will probably prompt for your password if it's required. Then, the installation will take a while and once it finishes, you can easily verify if it works running the following instruction:
The command should generate the following output:
Homebrew Mac
Happy coding ❤️!