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.