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# Install Homebrew Package Manager for MacOS
- URL: https://mfitzp.ghost.io/install-homebrew-package-manager-for-macos/
- Published: 2011-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-09T09:08:19.000Z
- Description: Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn't include with OS X.
- Author: Martin Fitzpatrick
- Tags: MacOS, Tutorials, #Import 2024-03-14 08:20, #Import 2026-08-24 14:26

Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn't include with OS X. It provides a simpler alternative to MacPorts, installing under an isolated non-root prefix, symlinked to `/usr/local`

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**You do not need to use* *`sudo`* *when using Homebrew as software is installed to a non-root prefix.*

### Requirements

- An Intel-based Mac
- OS X 10.5 or higher
- Command Line Tools for Xcode or Xcode with X11
- Java Developer Update

Open up Terminal.app to get a shell prompt. Copy & paste the following line at the prompt: 

```bash
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl -fksSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb)"
```

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**No need to use* *`sudo`* *!*

Once installed you can install any software you like as follows:

```bash
$ brew install wget
```