Hi Sarah, You can find the information about installing Homebrew at their web site: http://brew.sh/
The default installation is simply to type or paste into the Terminal command line the following: ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" Then you press return to have the command take effect. However, there is a slight issue that you should be aware of in using Homebrew. Since it uses the Terminal command line interface, you need to have the Xcode command line tools installed for it to work. Starting with Xcode version 4.3, the command line tools were no longer installed by default, so you either have to manually install them (after launching Xcode, use Command-comma to open the preferences, and select the Downloads button in the toolbar; then in the Components tab, "Command Line Tools" should be one of the items in the table, and you can use the "Check and Install Now" button). I don't remember whether I had to check this individually, since I did this some time ago in an older version of Xcode. Alternatively, the Homebrew page says that you only need to install the "Command Line Tools for Xcode", and gives a link to this package. I haven't used this, because this was an option that only became available after I'd done the command line tool installation. There is a gotcha with Dónal's recommendation to install the command line tools for Xcode 4.6.3 (and also to using the line for the command line tools for Xcode from the Homebrew page): you need to register as a developer in order to access older versions of Xcode and the command line tools for Xcode. This is unless you already have an older version of Xcode or the command line tools on your system, or in a backup. Maybe Dónal can supply more information or corrections to what I've said. Best, Esther On Oct 20, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Hmm. since I'm using XCode what ever is now in the app store not sure if that > will work or not. Is home brew easy to install for a novice at the terminal? > and will this tool that Georgina mentioned with with home brew as well as mac > ports? > > Take care and thanks. > On Oct 20, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> > wrote: > >> Hi Gina (and others) >> >> That is an excellent summary. Following on from my post concerning HomeBrew >> last week I can confirm that ABCDE can be installed using this package >> manager. >> >> For those not familiar with it, Homebrew is a way to install packages (for >> example Php, wget, or indeed ABCDE) which unix command line users like and >> which don't come as standard with the mac. I prefer Homebrew because it >> installs everything into /local/library/Celar, and then sym-links into >> /usr/local/bin. this makes removing software much easier than with >> macports. >> >> The only issue when installing ABCDE using HomeBrew was that on one machine >> (running XCode 5) it had difficulty installing one of the dependencies >> because of a missing header file. It is entirely possible this could arise >> with MacPorts as well which is why I mention it here. So my suggestion >> would be that if anyone is thinking of installing this tool then to install >> the command-line tools for XCode 4.6.3. >> >> Hope this is of use, >> >> Dónal <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
