From f18e4e330241017d3e2503eeecba7925c799eefd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike McQuaid Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 16:33:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs/Installation: note curl usage on <=10.7. Need to pass `--insecure` there for it to work. --- docs/Installation.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/Installation.md b/docs/Installation.md index 1ea38faccc..f186b546e1 100644 --- a/docs/Installation.md +++ b/docs/Installation.md @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ it does it too. And you have to confirm everything it will do before it starts. ## Alternative Installs +### OS X Lion 10.7 and below + +Using the instructions on https://brew.sh or below whenever you call `curl` you must pass `--insecure` as an argument. This is because your system `curl` is too old to speak to GitHub using HTTPS. Don't worry, on the first `brew update` Homebrew will install a newer, more secure `curl` for your machine. + ### Untar anywhere Just extract (or `git clone`) Homebrew wherever you want. Just avoid: