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Can I use Homebrew on Ubuntu?

I just tried to use Homebrew and Linuxbrew to install packages on my Ubuntu Server but both failed. This is how I tried to install them:

sudo apt-get install build-essential curl git m4 ruby texinfo libbz2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev libncurses-dev zlib1g-dev

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew/go/install)"

I got the following warning:

Warning: /home/tong/.linuxbrew/bin is not in your PATH.

I vi my bash.bashrc in home/etc and add this:

export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"
export MANPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/man:$MANPATH"
export INFOPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/info:$INFOPATH"

Then I tried brew doctor but got No command 'brew' found. How am I able to use Homebrew on Ubuntu?

Solution

  • I just tried installing it using the ruby command but somehow the dependencies are not resolved hence brew does not completely install. But, try installing by cloning:

    git clone https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew.git ~/.linuxbrew

    and then add the following to your .bash_profile:

    export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"
export MANPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/man:$MANPATH"
export INFOPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/info:$INFOPATH"

    It should work..