Does installation still require root and a dedicated user account on Linux? That really put me off.
The dedicated user account is optional.
It uses root once to chown its prefix directory /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
Homebrew 7.0.0
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Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#12Awesome, I just checked and had already upgraded at some point. I run the alias command below every now and then which keeps everything up to date.
alias u="brew update && brew upgrade --greedy -y && brew upgrade --cask -y && brew cleanup"Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#13Farewell, Homebrew. It's been a good run.
- 2019 Intel iMac user.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#14Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 7.0.0. The most significant changes since 6.0.0 are faster installations and upgrades, stronger sandboxing, a native macOS app, built-in vulnerability checks and an advisory database, the end of macOS 10.15 support and Intel Macs moving to Tier 3 (announced last year).
I think at one point you said you’re working on a rust rewrite? Is that still in the cards?
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#15And that's the end of Homebrew for me as a user. I like the app, but my old Intel MacBook apparently can't handle it anymore. I'm back to the old installation methods !
How long do you expect them to support Intel processors though? It’s been like 6 years since the last MacBook release had any Intel processor, and Apple doesn’t make OS updates anymore, so it doesn’t surprise me that Homebrew stopped too.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#16And that's the end of Homebrew for me as a user. I like the app, but my old Intel MacBook apparently can't handle it anymore. I'm back to the old installation methods !
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#17And that's the end of Homebrew for me as a user. I like the app, but my old Intel MacBook apparently can't handle it anymore. I'm back to the old installation methods !
Have you tried Mac Ports?
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#18Does installation still require root and a dedicated user account on Linux? That really put me off.
The dedicated user isn't really required; it just expects that /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew exists. That can just be a symlink to your home directory. But yes, creating that symlink requires root on most systems. Brew itself doesn't require root or that pathname; you can put packages anywhere, but then many will have to be built from scratch since the pre-built packages don't work. And you need bubblewrap installed (wh…
Bubblewrap is history starting with 7.0.0 according to the release notes
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#19And that's the end of Homebrew for me as a user. I like the app, but my old Intel MacBook apparently can't handle it anymore. I'm back to the old installation methods !
How long do you expect them to support Intel processors though? It’s been like 6 years since the last MacBook release had any Intel processor, and Apple doesn’t make OS updates anymore, so it doesn’t surprise me that Homebrew stopped too.
I have one of the last Intel Macs and works perfectly fine (on Sonoma). How long should I expect working tech being supported?
I am already looking at Linux, but still need to get out of the Apple ecosystem. I am not going to spend +2500 Euros every 5 years on a laptop
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#20And that's the end of Homebrew for me as a user. I like the app, but my old Intel MacBook apparently can't handle it anymore. I'm back to the old installation methods !
Actually, Homebrew 7 is supported on your Mac, you just have to install Linux to use it. :)
If you want to continue using the same MacBook that will be only path forward when Apple decides to EOL it (if it hasn't already happened).
I'm a long time Homebrew on Linux user, it works really well. I always prefer it over the distro supplied package manager for user facing CLI apps.