Can I use Homebrew on Ubuntu

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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

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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..

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October 2019 - Ubuntu 18 04 on WSL with oh-my-zsh  the instructions here worked perfectly -   first  install pre-requisites using  sudo apt-get install build-essential curl file git   finally create a    zprofile with the following contents  emulate sh -c       profile

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You can just follow instructions from the Homebrew on Linux docs  but I think it is better to understand what the instructions are trying to achieve  Understanding the installation steps can save some time  Step 1  Choose location First of all  it is important to understand that linuxbrew will be installed on the  home directory and not inside  home your-user  the   directory     See the reason for that at the end of answer   Keep this in mind when you run the other steps below  Step 2  Add linuxbrew binaries to  home   The installation script will do it for us   bin bash -c  quot   curl -fsSL https   raw githubusercontent com Homebrew install HEAD install sh  quot   Step 3  Check that  linuxbrew was added to the relevant location This can be done by simply navigating to  home  Notice that the docs are showing it as a one-liner by adding test -d  lt linuxbrew location gt  before each command   Read more about the test command in here   Step 4  Export relevant environment variables to terminal We need to add linuxbrew to PATH and add some more environment variables to the current terminal  We can just add the following exports to terminal  wait don t do it     export PATH  quot  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew bin  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew sbin  PATH   PATH  quot    export HOMEBREW PREFIX  quot  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew quot   export HOMEBREW CELLAR  quot  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew Cellar quot   export HOMEBREW REPOSITORY  quot  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew Homebrew quot   export MANPATH  quot  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew share man  MANPATH   MANPATH   quot   export INFOPATH  quot  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew share info   INFOPATH -  quot    Or simply run  If your linuxbrew folder is on other location then   home - change the path   eval    home linuxbrew  linuxbrew bin brew shellenv       Because brew command is not yet identified by the current terminal  this is what we re solving right now  we ll have to specify the full path to the brew binary   home linuxbrew  linuxbrew bin brew shellenv Test this step by  1   Run brew from current terminal to see if it identifies the command  2   Run printenv and check if all environment variables were exported and that you see  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew bin  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew sbin on PATH  Step 5  Ensure step 4 is running on each terminal We need to add step 4 to    profile  in case of Debian Ubuntu   echo  quot eval      brew --prefix  bin brew shellenv  quot   gt  gt     profile  For CentOS Fedora Red Hat - replace    profile with    bash profile  Step 6  Ensure that    profile or    bash profile are being executed when new terminal is opened If you executed step 5 and failed to run brew from new terminal - add a test command like echo  quot Hi  quot  to    profile or    bash profile   If you don t see Hi  when you open a new terminal - go to the terminal preferences and ensure that the attribute of  run command as login shell  is set   Read more in here   Why the installation script installs Homebrew to  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew - from here   The installation script installs Homebrew to  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew using sudo if possible and in your home directory at    linuxbrew otherwise  Homebrew does not use sudo after installation   Using  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew allows the use of more binary packages  bottles  than installing in your personal home directory  The prefix  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew was chosen so that users without admin access can ask an admin to create a linuxbrew role account and still benefit from precompiled binaries   If you do not yourself have admin privileges  consider asking your admin staff to create a linuxbrew role account for you with home directory  home linuxbrew

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Because all previous answers doesn t work for me for ubuntu 14 04 here what I did  if any one get the same problem   git clone https   github com Linuxbrew brew git    linuxbrew PATH   HOME  linuxbrew bin  PATH  export MANPATH    brew --prefix  share man  MANPATH  export INFOPATH    brew --prefix  share info  INFOPATH    then  sudo apt-get install gawk sudo yum install gawk brew install hello   you can follow this link for more information

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As of February 2018  installing brew on Ubuntu  mine is 17 10  machine is as simple as   sudo apt install linuxbrew-wrapper   Then  on first brew execution  just type brew --help  you will be asked for two installation options   me computer     brew --help    gt  Select the Linuxbrew installation directory - Enter your password to install to  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew  recommended  - Press Control-D to install to  home me  linuxbrew - Press Control-C to cancel installation  sudo  password for me    For recommended option type your password  if your current user is in sudo group   or  if you prefer installing all the dependencies in your own home folder  hit Ctrl D  Enjoy

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The following steps worked for me    Clone it from github   git clone https   github com Homebrew linuxbrew git    linuxbrew  Open your  bash profile file using vi    bash profile Add these lines   export PATH   HOME  linuxbrew bin  PATH  export MANPATH   HOME  linuxbrew share man  MANPATH  export INFOPATH   HOME  linuxbrew share info  INFOPATH   Then type the following lines in your terminal  export PATH  HOME  linuxbrew bin  PATH hash -r    Yes  it is done  Type brew in your terminal to check its existence

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as of august 2020  works for kali linux as well  sh -c  quot   curl -fsSL https   raw githubusercontent com Linuxbrew install master install sh  quot   export brew  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew bin  test -d    linuxbrew  amp  amp  eval      linuxbrew bin brew shellenv   test -d  home linuxbrew  linuxbrew  amp  amp  eval    home linuxbrew  linuxbrew bin brew shellenv   test -r    profile  amp  amp  echo  quot eval      brew --prefix  bin brew shellenv  quot   gt  gt    profile        for ubuntu and debian

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Linux is now officially supported in brew - see the Homebrew 2 0 0 blog post  As shown on https   brew sh  just copy paste this into a command prompt   bin bash -c  quot   curl -fsSL https   raw githubusercontent com Homebrew install master install sh  quot

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