Questions tagged [homebrew]
`homebrew` is a package manager for Mac OS X, in the spirit of Linux's `apt` or `yum`.
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How to I build/compile the latest FFmpeg snapshot for OS X?
How do I compile FFmpeg for OS X in a way that is equivalent to the Homebrew release with these settings?
brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-ffplay --with-freetype --with-libass --with-libquvi ...
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MacVim.app doesnt open any edit windows
i installed macvim with
brew install macvim
brew link macvim
brew linkapps
i am on os x el capitan, but had same problem on yosemite
if i go to /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.4-80/bin and execute ...
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Got warning message when running brew list
When I run brew list on my Mac OS X EI Capitan, it will always give me errors message like this --
$ brew list
/bin/sh: __rvm_ruby_string_find: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/bin/sh: ...
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How to convert a mov to a gif without loosing quality [duplicate]
I am trying to convert a mov I have created by recording my screen with Quicktime (I am running Mac OS El Capitan) but the result is far from perfect.
I am using ffmpeg (installed using homebrew) but ...
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Compiling pinfo on OS X
I would like to install pinfo on my Mac for reading info files, instead of using the bad looking elder brother info.
pinfo is not yet provided by Homebrew. Perhaps it will soon, when I will get this ...
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List and install older unison version through OS X brew
I'm trying to get unison to sync files between my new OS X el capitan MBP and my work computer running ubuntu 14.04. When I run my sync profile I get a the following traceback
Fatal error: Received ...
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Change install location and prefix of homebrew packages
My /usr/local and /usr/local/bin permissions on my machine are different from traditional machines (and they have to be that way).
Is it possible to configure homebrew to install in a different ...
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Nginx Cannot Find OpenSSL Development Headers
When I run: rvmsudo passenger-install-nginx-module on my El Capitan Mac to install nginx, the terminal prints:
Checking for OpenSSL development headers...
Found: no
But I am certain I have ...
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OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) Making Zsh Very Slow
I just freshly installed El Capitan on my MacBook Pro. I had trouble earlier with the my terminal being too slow while typing in simple commands. I thought it might have been that I need to format my ...
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Is Homebrew's 'install' warning an error?
When using the brew install foo command with foo already installed returns
Warning: foo-3.5.2 already installed
Is this technically an error, like stderr, or is this message simply stdout? It is not ...
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Homebrew php opcache issue
I followed a tutorial to get a local dev environment running on my Yosemite machine using Homebrew. All seems ok, except for the fact that php -v shows a problem with opcache.
Failed loading /usr/...
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How to backup and recover homebrew and all formulas after complete reinstallation of OSX?
I've just started to learn git and wondering if there is a good way to use git for recovering homebrew and all formulas after the complete reinsallation (instead of installing homebrew and all ...
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How can I remove outdated installed versions of Homebrew packages?
How can I remove outdated versions of Homebrew packages that are installed side-by-side with current versions?
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How do I ensure that Homebrew uninstalls old versions when upgrading?
Homebrew seems to install new versions side by side with old versions when upgrading outdated versions (brew upgrade), at least I have a bunch of packages with multiple versions. How do I ensure that ...
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Automating Homebrew [closed]
I'm currently using the Homebrew package manager, and I have to say that it is really really great!
My question is: there is a way to automate brew update and brew upgrade in order to execute this ...
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How should I maintain my conf when upgrading a hombrew package?
I have freeswitch installed via homebrew. It is not a well designed package and keeps its conf and data in the package dir, so when upgrading you lose your setup by default. I'm just wondering what ...
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Homebrew brew exports
Looking for a way to export my Homebrew and Homebrew Cask installations (everything from brew list and brew cask list)
I'd like to be able to export them to a file that I can then put on any new ...
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Bash not working any more?
I was trying to install home brew (I am new to the command line and was following some tutorials on how to get up and running with github).
So I was following this Unofficial Update Method: Compile ...
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Video DownloadHelper has now suggested I install Homebrew. Should I?
In short, I don’t have a great I.T. background. I would describe myself as above average, for average day to day tasks. I’m not an administrator at work or anything but I know when I have knocked a ...
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zlib is missing which break Haxe and pip on Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)
I upgraded to El Capitan (version 10.11 Beta 7, build 15A263e) a few days ago. Aside from issues related to permissions, everything seemed to work fine. However, when I try to run some Haxe libraries, ...
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Opening up the terminal on a Mac always starts a PHP process [duplicate]
I am on a Mac running Yosemite 10.10.4 and every time I start terminal or open a new terminal tab I am inside of an actively running php process. I must Ctrl+C before I can do anything else. I don’t ...
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Can't install Homebrew: Can't find the certificate
Attempted to install Homebrew with the following command:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Received this error:
fatal: unable to access '...
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How to install itunes on osx with homebrew?
I couldn't find any itunes on homebrew to be able to install.
Am I missing something?
I tried:
brew search itune
I've got
Caskroom/cask/itunes-producer Caskroom/cask/itunesscrobbler
Caskroom/...
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OSX Homebrew MySQL Installation Gone Bad
I'm having issues with getting mysql installed properly under homebrew. I want homebrew to manage it, and I had it installed manually using the .dmg installer beforehand. I've backed up my data into ...
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Using homebrew how can I install multiple versions of the same software?
I'm using OSX and homebrew. I need two versions of the same software. In my case I'd like to install vim that's built with the flag --without-python --with-python3, and vim built without those flags.
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May I use application's auto-update function when having them installed via Homebrew Cask?
I've just found out about Homebrew Cask and I love it.
Most of my applications are now installed via Cask.
I'm just wondering whether I can still use an application's auto-update function because ...
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Homebrew doesn't install new apps in El Capitan
just upgraded to beta El Capitan for developers.
Deniss-MBP:src me$ brew install hg
Warning: You are using OS X 10.11.
We do not provide support for this pre-release version.
You may encounter build ...
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Convert jpeg quality to 80% using automator
I want to make a automator script that goes trough a folder with subfolders and convert all .JPEG (or .JPG) to the same JPEG, but with a quality of 80%.
There is no option in Automator it self like ...
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OS X 10.10.3: Apache(2.4.12) + Passenger 5.0.10 from Homebrew doesn't work
Trying to configure Snorby(ruby app) to work with Apache/2.4.12 and Passenger 5.0.10.
-- I've successfully installed from homebrew apache and passenger.
brew install httpd24 passenger
-- Created /...
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Brew installed, linked, but not found
I just installed mtr via Homebrew, and it completed seemingly successfully (i.e., nothing unusual).
MBA% mtr
zsh: command not found: mtr
That's odd. I figured I'd try again:
MBA% brew install mtr
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Homebrew update error that local changes would be overwritten
I'm very new to homebrew and git.
I've done changes to httpd24.rb formula which is in homebrew/apache tap.
(Just added the --enable-so configuration argument in the existing formula file)
Now when ...
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Skype keeps disconnecting on OSX
I'm having a problem with Skype on OS X Yosemite..
after logging in Skype it keeps disconnecting... I've tried it on 2 different Macs... on multiple different networks...
So basically the problem is ...
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gem install gollum on OSX 10.10.3
I get this error message when trying to install gollum on Mac OS X 10.10.3 and Macports:
sudo gem install charlock_holmes -- --with-icu-dir=/opt/local
********* icu required (brew install icu4c ...
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pip not working on hombrew python 2.7 install
I've installed python using homebrew and I can't invoke pip from the bash. I've tried amending my .bash_profile to include /usr/local/bin/python and /usr local/share/python to no avail.
When I use ...
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How to fix error: Could not symlink lib/gcc/4.9?
I would like to install gcc with homebrew on a MacBook Pro (OS X 10.10.3) and ran into this:
mach:gcc mh$ brew install gcc
Warning: gcc-4.9.2_1 already installed, it's just not linked
mach:gcc mh$ ...
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homebrew show all pinned formulas
Homebrew has command, which tells it to stop upgrading mentioned formulas:
$ brew pin $FORMULA
Does anyone know if there is any homebrew command which shows the list of pinned formulas?
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How do I use xdg-open from xdg-utils on Mac OSX?
I'd like to use the command line xdg-open. The command line is not known to my computer (Mac OSX) so I have to install the package (not sure this is the right term) that contains this command line. I ...
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Use specific version of package per directory with Homebrew on Mac
I often find myself switching to a specific version of a package installed with homebrew when switching projects.
$ cd ~/Desktop/projects/project1
$ brew switch phantomjs 2.0.0
Cleaning /usr/local/...
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Will a homebrew installation of mysql conflict with xampp or netbeans?
I had mysql installed on my OS-X machine via macports a while back. I think it ended up conflicting with something I used for a wordpress test site (something like XAMPP), and I wasn't able to ...
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How to get Fish shell and NVM both installed with Homebrew to work together?
I am trying to manage my packages for OSX using Homebrew as much a I can. I have installed both the Fish Shell and NVM using Homebrew but cannot get Fish to recognize my NVM installation. NVM ...
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Homebrew OpenSSL: rehash failed to verify, something is wrong
Reposted from StackOverflow
Just noticed 'You have mail' in shell prompt. Here is what is says:
$ mail
Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
"/var/mail/pain": 1 message 1 new
>N 1 pain@nick....
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No available formula for “pdfunite” in Homebrew?
I am on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) and I am new to Bash. I am trying to install pdfunite. I installed Homebrew and ran the following command:
brew install pdfunite
And I received
Error: No ...
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Logs of Gnuplot for startupt?
I have now many times uninstalled and installed different gnuplots.
However, now, the gnuplot with qt crashes in the startup if I simply run
gnuplot -e "plot 'data.dat'"
The crash occurs such that ...
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Where does homebrew install Drush?
Got Homebrew installed by running:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
After some problem with line endings which I got past I think I installed ...
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Should I delete all these Python frameworks? (cross-post from Ask Different where nobody is answering)
I'm just getting started with web development and I'm trying to set up my environment, and I can't do that until Dr Homebrew has discharged me from N00bcake Hospital. This is what I'm getting:
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Bower not installing on zsh
I tried both:
npm -g install bower
and
sudo npm -g install bower
The response is:
zsh: command not found: bower
It is not install or not being found.
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Homebrew Cask vs using dmg
Just wondering what the difference/advantage is between using Homebrew/Casks vs downloading the dmg file and moving the application onto the hard drive? I understand the original Homebrew is often ...
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How to add external library to Homebrew ffmpeg install?
I successfully installed ffmpeg through Homebrew. I want to add additional libraries/codecs.
FFmpeg can be hooked up with a number of external libraries to add
support for more formats. None of ...
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Can't start mongodb by launchctl on OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
I've installed mongodb 2.4 via homebrew:
brew install homebrew/versions/mongodb24
Then I've made a simlink to the config provided by homebrew:
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mongodb24/homebrew.mxcl....
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Cannot import module `PyQt4.QtGui`
I am using Mac OS X 10.7.5, have followed and installed the PyQt modules using the "Install homebrew" method as stated in this link but when I did a test run by typing in from PyQt4.QtGui import * I ...