How to setup Homebrew (brew install) on macOS 12 Monterey

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What is Homebrew

Homebrew is a package installer that helps you install the stuff you need that macOS 12 Monterey does not provide.

For example, you need PHP module, or you need some command-line tools. Most of those tools can be installed using Homebrew.

Please check https://brew.sh/ for more details.

Note:

Originally, this article is written targeted on macOS 12 Monterey. However, same steps should be applied and worked on macOS 13 Ventura.

By default, macOS 12 does not come with Homebrew preinstalled.

To install Homebrew, please check this page. or issue the following command in Terminal.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

To install the Homebrew package, you use a command brew install <package name>.

For example, to install PHP package, type brew install php in the terminal

If you are getting the below error, you need to export the path.

zsh: command not found: brew

Open the Terminal and type the below command and press Enter.

export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"

then type the below command and press Enter.

echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"' >> $HOME/.zshrc

Close the Terminal and re-open a new Terminal window.

To check the installed package, type brew list in the terminal.

To removed the installed package, type brew uninstall --force <package name>

Follow the instruction in this page.