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Can someone clarify what is Homebrew in cppcheck on Mac OSX installation

I have found a page which has steps to instal cppcheck on Mac OSX, but it is not clear what are we doing with 2nd step

  1. Press Command+Space and type Terminal and press enter/return key.
  2. Run in Terminal app: ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null and press enter/return key. Wait for the command to finish.
  3. brew install cppcheck
Solution

  • Homebrew helps you install packages (software).

    You need to install it in order to use it; that is what step 2 is doing, installing Homebrew.

    Then, you can use homebrew commands to install available packages, like the one you have in step 3 (cppcheck).