What is homebrew and why use it
^M usually means r as in r which is windows line endings. You should try to open /usr/local/bin/brew and save it with unix line endings or use the command line to dos2unix to do the job for you: dos2unix /usr/local/bin/brew. You might encounter other files with the same problem, eg: usr/local/Library/brew.sh.
To quote from their website:
- After installing homebrew's openssh on El Capitan, ssh-agent no longer seemed to work (in the sense that after using ssh-add to cache a passphrase, I still got a system prompt when trying to ssh). This seemed to be fixed by the instructions I found at the url below (my version is functionally the same but uses PlistBuddy to edit the plist).
- Brew will be the foundation for most of the tools that are needed in this video series. Short and sweet we cover the one install and updateprocess that will.
Homebrew is the missing package manager for OS X:
- easy to install
- does not need administrator privileges
- installs packages to their own directory and then symlinks their files into /usr/local
For further information to install it and how to use it, see the Homebrew website and the Wiki.
The formulas to install programs are called recipes and they make it possible to install several version of the same program (as well as HEAD of different Version Control Systems) at the same time which can then be symlinked.This makes it perfect for the purpose of installing the master branch of GRASS GIS for testing purposes.
Homebrew El Capitan Download
GRASS GIS 7.8 and later
There is an osgeo4mac which contains recipes for GRASS GIS 7.x and other GIS tools - highly recommendable tap!
Preparation:
Homebrew El Capitan Free
To later get the GUI working, run
Installation:
Just run
and then
Homebrew El Capitan Download
Easy, isn't it?
You can also install via URL:
Testing:
- by running (change '7x' to the current version, e.g. 78)
you can run GRASS GIS tests but they are not implemented as they should be - work in progress.
Starting it:
GRASS GIS 7.2 LTS
OSGEO4mac has also a formalar to install the GRASS GIS 7 LTS.
Follow the procedure as described in section GRASS GIS 7.6+ but use
GRASS GIS 7.0.x for El Capitan without disabling SIP
The new homebrew recipe for GRASS 7.0 does install on El Capitan with SIP enabled! This is thanks to Larry Shaffer. Seehttps://github.com/OSGeo/homebrew-osgeo4mac/issues/118#issuecomment-200278686
The recipe is part of the Homebrew-osgeo4mac tap, see
for info on how to use them.