Installing brew on Mac OSX

Overview

The easiest way to install various Unix tools and open source software onto Mac OS X is via a package manager, unfortunately OS X doesn’t come with one, but fortunately there are some good folks that care. They come in the form of Homebrew.

Homebrew isn’t the only option, also available is MacPorts and Fink but Homebrew is the newest and most popular of the trio.

Get Xcode

Get Xcode Download and install it, you also need to open Xcode agree to the license and it will install its components.

Get Command Line Tools

xcode-select --install

Install Homebrew

To download install Homebrew run the install script on the command line as below and let the script do its thing:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

After installing and as suggested in the command line, to check for any issues with the install run:

brew doctor

To search for an application:

brew search

To install

brew install <application-name>

To list all apps installed by Homebrew

brew list

To remove an installed application

brew remove <application-name>

To update Homebrew

brew update

To see what else you can do

man brew

Where does Homebrew install stuff …. in the Cellar

/usr/local/Cellar/

FAQ

Python pkgs

Python modules have been installed and Homebrew's site-packages is not in your Python sys.path, so you will not be able to import the modules this formula installed. If you plan to develop with these modules, please run:

 mkdir -p /Users/{USERNAME}/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages
 echo 'import site; site.addsitedir("/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages")' >> /Users/oklymenok/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/homebrew.pth

Original article

http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/installing-homebrew-on-os-x-el-capitan-10-11-package-manager-for-unix-apps/