Homebrew

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2026-05-29

📌 What is Homebrew

Note

Homebrew The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux)

🍺 Install Homebrew Apple Silicon

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

✅ Check Homebrew status

# check Homebrew version
$ brew --version

# check your system for potential problems.
$ brew doctor

⚠️ Fix Homebrew Apple Silicon

If the terminal displays brew: command not found, it usually indicates that the Homebrew environment variables are not configured correctly or have been corrupted.

You can verify whether the Homebrew path is included in your PATH by running:

$ echo $PATH | grep -E "/opt/homebrew/(bin|sbin)"

If no output is returned, it means the Homebrew path has not been added to PATH. You can configure it with the following commands:

$ echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zshrc
$ source ~/.zshrc

📦 Common Packages

1. Git

Git is a distributed version control system(VCS) used to track changes in files and support collaborative software development.

$ brew install git

2. nvm

nvm is a version manager for node.js, designed to be installed per-user, and invoked per-shell.

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Install
```
$ brew install nvm
```

Configure

Now add these lines to your ~/.bashrc, ~/.profile, or ~/.zshrc file to have it automatically sourced upon login: (you may have to add to more than one of the above files)

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

Usage

# check NVM version
$ nvm --version

# check Node.js version
$ nvm current

# list available Node.js versions
$ nvm ls-remote

# list installed Node.js versions
$ nvm list

# install a specific version
$ nvm install 22.22.3

# install the latest LTS version
$ nvm install --lts

# uninstall a specific version
$ nvm uninstall 24

# use a specific version
$ nvm use 22.22.3