justjake / linuxbrew

Experimental fork of Homebrew for Linux.

Linuxbrew

An experimental fork of Homebrew for Linux.

Features

• Can install software to a home directory and so does not require sudo
• Install software not packaged by the native distribution
• Install up-to-date versions of software when the native distribution is old
• Use the same package manager to manage both your Mac and Linux machines

Installation

• Debian or Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install build-essential curl git ruby texinfo libbz2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev libncurses-dev zlib1g-dev
• Fedora: sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' && sudo yum install curl git ruby texinfo bzip2-devel curl-devel expat-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel
• git clone https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew.git ~/.linuxbrew
• Add to your .bashrc or .zshrc:

export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

• brew install $WHATEVER_YOU_WANT

Requirements

• Ruby 1.8.6 or newer

• GCC 4.2 or newer

What Packages Are Available?

1. You can browse the Formula directory on GitHub.
2. Or type brew search for a list.
3. Or visit braumeister.org to browse packages online.

More Documentation

brew help or man brew or check our wiki.

Troubleshooting

First, please run brew update and brew doctor.

Second, read the Troubleshooting Checklist.

If you don't read these it will take us far longer to help you with your problem.

Who Are You?

Homebrew's current maintainers are Misty De Meo, Adam Vandenberg, Jack Nagel, Mike McQuaid and Brett Koonce.

Homebrew was originally created by Max Howell.

License

Code is under the BSD 2 Clause (NetBSD) license.

Donations

We accept tips through Gittip.