Using Homebrew on MAC

juan vargas
Oct 21, 2020

Today we are going to talk about one of the most useful and powerful providers of software for a developer out there: BREW.

What does it do?
Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple (or your Linux system) didn’t. All it takes if two commands:
1. $ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

2.$ brew install wget

Don’t you hate the classic “To install, drag this icon…”? Well forget about that with brew brew cask installs macOS apps, fonts and plugins and other non-open source software. Literally anything out there is at your command with this, I personally installed the famous game “League of Legends” with this command for arguments sake just to test it out and what do you know it actually worked!

But thats not all! as if all this weren't enough the BREW people were kind enough to include a search bar in the page https://brew.sh/ in which you can search for any kind of package you're looking for and they even include the instructions for you! what more you can even pick the language for it, for this and many reasons more i highly encourage everyone to get the hang of it because in the long run it will make your life easier.

Here is a sampler of what it looks like, so come on give it a try ;).

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