Homebrew

v4.2.15...

v4.2.3 is out. Release notes are HERE: https://newreleases.io/project/github/Homebrew/brew/release/4.2.3

v4.2 is out, with much fanfare: "--> Major changes and deprecations since 4.1.0: • Homebrew now uses and requires Ruby 3.1. If you do not already have a version provided by your system: we provide Portable Ruby 3.1.4 that will be installed whenever needed on Linux x86_64 and macOS Apple Silicon and Intel. This marks the end of Homebrew using the macOS system Ruby. Pour one out for our old friend /usr/bin/ruby on macOS 🍻. • Formula installation and upgrades are less likely to require dependencies to be upgraded. This should reduce “brew upgrade foo upgraded everything on my system” problems. • Homebrew/homebrew-core and Homebrew/homebrew-cask now store formulae/casks in “sharded” subdirectories for improved git and GitHub performance. Homebrew can be configured with .env files. • Homebrew supports macOS Sonoma. • OS::Mac and MacOS usage in formulae on Linux is deprecated. Please guard all uses in formulae with if OS.mac? or if OS.linux? as appropriate. • brew audit --new-formula and --new-cask options are deprecated. Please use brew audit --new instead. • brew postgresql-upgrade-database is deprecated. It is not longer needed now that we use versioned postgresql formulae. Please use pg_upgrade directly instead. • Casks can be, like formulae, deprecated and disabled. Relatedly, the use of discontinued? in casks is deprecated. • Various other deprecations. - - Other changes since 4.1.0 I’d like to highlight are the following: • Homebrew detects Apple Silicon M3 processors. • The macOS .pkg installer is signed (by me!). • Casks support setting multiple download headers • brew list --full-names properly output Homebrew organisation names for casks. • Homebrew uses Sorbet for runtime error checking. • Homebrew is importing parts of ActiveSupport to speed up command execution time. • Homebrew supports the rc shell. • Various sharding fixes • Downloads from the Homebrew API better support if curl or system certificates are too old. • brew deps no longer passes options to formulae. • brew desc has improved handling of--eval-all with formulae. • brew install will upgrade already installed casks (to be consistent with formulae.) • brew pin‘d formulae don’t cause as many warnings or errors. • brew setup-ruby is a new command to just install Homebrew’s Ruby, if needed. • brew edit will suggest tapping core repositories if untapped. • The macOS .pkg installer is a documented installation method. • Formula support ENV.O3 again to allow passing -O3 compiler optimisations. • brew install sets PIP_CACHE_DIR to cache more Python files when building bottles or from source. • brew audit checks all relicensed HashiCorp formulae. • sshpass has (finally?) been removed from the new formula deny list. • Formula’s service blocks now support multiple sockets. • bootsnap is used more often, speeding up repeated brew invocations. • XDG_CACHE_HOME is used correctly again for logs and Homebrew’s cache on Linux."

Since version 4.1.2, .pkg installer is available. https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/releases

v4.1.4 is out.

v4.0.22 is out.

v4.0.14 is out.

"brew update" at this time results not in v4.0.10, but v4.0.9. Trying to update further results in a series of 'access' errors. I'll be attempting "update" again later.

this is behind. v.4.0.3 is out.

v3.5.1 is out.

brew --version

brew update

This says it is for 10.9.0 or later. However, when using brew now, it complains that it is not supported on 10.14. "We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version. You will encounter build failures with some formulae. Please create pull requests instead of asking for help on Homebrew's GitHub, Twitter or any other official channels. You are responsible for resolving any issues you experience while you are running this old version."

3.2.16 is out. "brew update" in Terminal.

v3.2.0 is out!

I tried to update my system and received this message. ==> Downloading and installing Homebrew... remote: Enumerating objects: 960, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (960/960), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done. remote: Total 1499 (delta 953), reused 951 (delta 950), pack-reused 539 Receiving objects: 100% (1499/1499), 425.07 KiB | 28.34 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (1144/1144), completed with 234 local objects. From https://github.com/Homebrew/brew * [new branch] dependabot/bundler/Library/Homebrew/rubocop-1.6.1 -> origin/dependabot/bundler/Library/Homebrew/rubocop-1.6.1 * [new branch] dependabot/bundler/Library/Homebrew/sorbet-0.5.6173 -> origin/dependabot/bundler/Library/Homebrew/sorbet-0.5.6173 3e53d5ba7..7d46fb8f7 master -> origin/master * [new tag] 2.7.0 -> 2.7.0 HEAD is now at 7d46fb8f7 Merge pull request #10106 from samford/strategy-handle-redirections-open-uri Error: homebrew-core is a shallow clone. homebrew-cask is a shallow clone. To `brew update`, first run: git -C /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core fetch --unshallow git -C /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask fetch --unshallow This restriction has been made on GitHub's request because updating shallow clones is an extremely expensive operation due to the tree layout and traffic of Homebrew/homebrew-core and Homebrew/homebrew-cask. We don't do this for you automatically to avoid repeatedly performing an expensive unshallow operation in CI systems (which should instead be fixed to not use shallow clones). Sorry for the inconvenience! Failed during: /usr/local/bin/brew update --force

The easiest way to install Homebrew is via the Terminal while logged into your Admin account: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

The macOS command line and shell script ecosystem would be a barren wasteland without Homebrew. Which is better? Homebrew or MacPorts? Both have their pros & cons, so I use them both, but I prefer Homebrew and use MacPorts only for the stuff that isn't available via Homebrew. Must-have for anyone who ventures beneath the GUI.