Homebrew (package)

What is the benefit of using homebrew on debian?

A very similar setup can also be achieved by using Nix.

At this point Nix, seems less messy and more powerfull.

These 3 package managers (apt,brew,nix) can coexist

Benefits

Up-to-date versions of software
- Large collection of developer tools
Consistent tooling across macOS and Linux
No root access required - after install… but
- YET the installer want it
- brew install a lot of stuff into /home/linuxbrew - root owned - but then content is tighed to the user

Setup

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

Root Access

Root Access Details

$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
==> Checking for `sudo` access (which may request your password)...
[sudo] password for yves:        
==> This script will install:
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/doc/homebrew
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/man/man1/brew.1
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/etc/bash_completion.d/brew
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew
==> The following new directories will be created:
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/etc
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/include
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/lib
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh/site-functions
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew/linked
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Caskroom
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Frameworks

Press RETURN/ENTER to continue or any other key to abort:
==> /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/install -d -o yves -g yves -m 0755 /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/mkdir -p /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/etc /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/include /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/lib /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh/site-functions /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew/linked /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Caskroom /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Frameworks
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod ug=rwx /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/etc /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/include /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/lib /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh/site-functions /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew/linked /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Caskroom /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Frameworks
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod go-w /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh/site-functions
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chown yves /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/etc /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/include /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/lib /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh/site-functions /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew/linked /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Caskroom /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Frameworks
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chgrp yves /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/etc /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/include /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/lib /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh/site-functions /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew/linked /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Caskroom /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Frameworks
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/mkdir -p /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chown -R yves:yves /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew
==> Downloading and installing Homebrew...
remote: Enumerating objects: 319941, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (305/305), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (163/163), done.
remote: Total 319941 (delta 217), reused 188 (delta 142), pack-reused 319636 (from 3)
remote: Enumerating objects: 55, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (34/34), done.
remote: Total 55 (delta 34), reused 34 (delta 34), pack-reused 21 (from 1)
==> Updating Homebrew...
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/portable-ruby/blobs/sha256:63a9c333137e7cf8a568e0f37ec6802c22fbbdd5839f4825c863c26e415d2947
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring portable-ruby-3.4.8.x86_64_linux.bottle.tar.gz
Warning: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin is not in your PATH.
  Instructions on how to configure your shell for Homebrew
  can be found in the 'Next steps' section below.
==> Installation successful!

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