How to Install Homebrew

Owned by Preston Pierce
Last updated: Oct 25, 2023
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To install Homebrew and install apps, issue the following commands in Terminal. 

NOTE: The following commands are for Intel Mac's. 


/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
brew install xquartz macfuse ncar-ncl gfortran gcc numpy scipy zmq pyqt szip gdal gawk ghostscript nedit ffmpeg graphicsmagick curl rsync sshfs gmt geographiclib
sudo reboot
export NCARG_ROOT="/usr/local/ncl-6.5.0"
export PATH="${NCARG_ROOT}/bin:${PATH}"

Installing Homebrew on Apple Silicon (M1/M2) Mac

Note: Installation for M1 chipped machines is not fully supported and is experimental

To install Homebrew and install apps, issue the following commands in Terminal:

arch -x86_64 /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"



arch -x86_64 brew cask install xquartz osxfuse ncar-ncl gfortran
arch -x86_64 brew install gcc numpy scipy zmq pyqt szip gdal gawk ghostscript nedit ffmpeg graphicsmagick curl rsync sshfs gmt geographiclib
sudo reboot
export NCARG_ROOT="/usr/local/ncl-6.5.0"
export PATH="${NCARG_ROOT}/bin:${PATH}"

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