Homebrew Installation Guide

Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple's macOS operating system.

‍NOTE Tested on macOS Sonoma 14.0

Installation Steps

Open Terminal: Press Command + Spacebar to open Spotlight Search, type Terminal, and press Enter to open the Terminal application.

‍NOTE For more information please see how to open Terminal in macOS
Install Homebrew: Once the Command Line Tools are installed, you can install Homebrew by executing the following command in Terminal:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

During the installation process, you might be asked to provide your user password. Type your password and press Enter (note: you won't see the characters as you type).
Verify Installation: After the installation is complete, you can verify that Homebrew is correctly installed by running the following command:

brew --version

This will display the Homebrew version number if the installation was successful.

$ brew --version

+ Homebrew 4.1.18

This command will display the Homebrew version number if the installation was successful.

Conclusion

Now you have Homebrew installed on your macOS, and you can use it to install various packages, applications, and utilities using simple commands like "brew install `<package_name>`".

Additional Resources

Source	Description
Homebrew	Homebrew website
Homebrew Documentation	Homebrew documentation

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