Homebrew is a free and open-source software which is used as package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple's macOS.
Installing applications on Mac like Linux with Homebrew 20 April 2017 on, is a package manager something similar that you can found on Linux distributions. If you see in my previous posts, I used Homebrew to install my applications, and I used it because is easy to use and keeps applications updated.
If you don't have Homebrew installed it is easy to install, you can see the installation instructions on its. Install Homebrew You only need open the terminal and insert this command: /usr/bin/ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL Wait couple minutes the script will install Homebrew for your user. Install applications with Homebrew You can install applications with the install option, for example for install wget: brew install wget And that's it now your system has wget installed from Homebrew. Adding repositories to homebrew Like a Linux package manager in Homebrew is possible to add repositories to install more applications that are not available in the official repository. Cask One of the most used repositories is because it provides applications like Google Chrome, Spotify, 1Password, etc.
You don't need to add the repository because already comes with Homebrew.