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As-of https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-portable-ruby/pull/100 we've removed ARM builds for Portable Ruby due to months of breakage. Similarly, when we last bumped Portable Ruby the ARM build was much delayed but, despite Homebrew/brew being completely unusable to anyone using it on ARM in that case, no-one complained or filed issues. Instead of attempting to maintain and update a Portable Ruby on niche (Homebrew) platforms like ARM (or, in past/future PPC) improve the messaging to provide users with a workaround. Now we allow only a major/minor version match it should be pretty doable for those users to install e.g. a prebuilt Ruby binary from a PPA or built it from source if needed using `ruby-build` and `rbenv`. The messaging could be improved further but we're somewhat limited by `ruby.sh` and `vendor-install.sh` being separate. I'm tempted to combine them (or at least have `vendor-install.sh` not be so generic as to not be able to give Ruby-specific advice).
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The Homebrew package manager may be used on Linux and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Homebrew was formerly referred to as Linuxbrew when running on Linux or WSL. It can be installed in your home directory, in which case it does not use sudo. Homebrew does not use any libraries provided by your host system, except glibc and gcc if they are new enough. Homebrew can install its own current versions of glibc and gcc for older distributions of Linux.
Features, dependencies and installation instructions are described below. Terminology (e.g. the difference between a Cellar, Tap, Cask and so forth) is explained in the documentation.
Features
- Can install software to your home directory and so does not require sudo
- Install software not packaged by your host distribution
- Install up-to-date versions of software when your host distribution is old
- Use the same package manager to manage your macOS, Linux, and Windows systems
Install
Instructions for a supported install of Homebrew on Linux are on the homepage.
The installation script installs Homebrew to /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew using sudo if possible and in your home directory at ~/.linuxbrew otherwise. Homebrew does not use sudo after installation. Using /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew allows the use of more binary packages (bottles) than installing in your personal home directory.
Follow the Next steps instructions to add Homebrew to your PATH and to your bash shell profile script, either ~/.profile on Debian/Ubuntu or ~/.bash_profile on CentOS/Fedora/RedHat.
test -d ~/.linuxbrew && eval $(~/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
test -d /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew && eval $(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
test -r ~/.bash_profile && echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.bash_profile
echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.profile
You're done! Try installing a package:
brew install hello
If you're using an older distribution of Linux, installing your first package will also install a recent version of glibc and gcc. Use brew doctor to troubleshoot common issues.
Linux/WSL Requirements
- GCC 4.7.0 or newer
- Linux 2.6.32 or newer
- Glibc 2.13 or newer
- 64-bit x86_64 CPU
Paste at a terminal prompt:
Debian or Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install build-essential curl file git
Fedora, CentOS, or Red Hat
sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
sudo yum install curl file git
sudo yum install libxcrypt-compat # needed by Fedora 30 and up
ARM
Homebrew can run on 32-bit ARM (Raspberry Pi and others) and 64-bit ARM (AArch64), but no binary packages (bottles) are available. Support for ARM is on a best-effort basis. Pull requests are welcome to improve the experience on ARM platforms.
You may need to install your own Ruby using your system package manager, a PPA, or rbenv/ruby-build as in the future we will no longer distribute a Homebrew Portable Ruby for ARM.
32-bit x86
Homebrew does not currently support 32-bit x86 platforms. It would be possible for Homebrew to work on 32-bit x86 platforms with some effort. An interested and dedicated person could maintain a fork of Homebrew to develop support for 32-bit x86.
Alternative Installation
Extract or git clone Homebrew wherever you want. Use /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew if possible (to enable the use of binary packages).
git clone https://github.com/Homebrew/brew ~/.linuxbrew/Homebrew
mkdir ~/.linuxbrew/bin
ln -s ~/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/bin/brew ~/.linuxbrew/bin
eval $(~/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
Homebrew on Linux Community
- @HomebrewOnLinux on Twitter
- Homebrew/linuxbrew-core on GitHub
- Homebrew on Linux category of Homebrew's Discourse
Sponsors
Our binary packages (bottles) are built on GitHub Actions and hosted by Bintray.
