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Homebrew Installation Requests

Users request or discuss adding various tools to Homebrew for easy macOS installation, share related GitHub issues, and mention alternatives or limitations of Homebrew.

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wlll • May 31, 2011 • View on HN

My article suggests and assumes you are using Homebrew.

andrecl • Jan 31, 2018 • View on HN

Would be nice if we could install this using brew

e40 • Dec 12, 2023 • View on HN

It would be great if your tool was available in Homebrew.

sroussey • Dec 23, 2023 • View on HN

Would be nice to be able to install via brew.

chc • Oct 22, 2013 • View on HN

Homebrew for Mac doesn't, so it would be odd for this one to.

Frank3K • May 11, 2020 • View on HN

It would be nice if you could actually install it using brew.

merqurio • Apr 25, 2016 • View on HN

seems like not, yet https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/142

wslh • Mar 27, 2022 • View on HN

Is there something better than Homebrew for package distribution in macOS?

davesque • Apr 25, 2016 • View on HN

Here's a github issue related to this for those who are interested: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/142

bsaul • Dec 15, 2013 • View on HN

thanks, i didn't know homebrew would facilitate the process. It's always good to know.