Homebrew on linux - The missing package manager ?
Homebrew is a package manager for mac and linux which will let you install the latest versions of software which isnt available in your software repository
Homebrew linux install:
https://github.com/NapoleonWils0n/cer...
Homebrew was originally called linuxbrew and still uses that naming convention on linux
Homebrew will install everything into an isolated environment in ~/.linuxbrew ( you need to press ctrl d during the install ) and wont interfere with your system libraries
This is particularly useful on ubuntu lts which ships with older versions of software, using homebrew allows you to install the latest version of software like newsboat, tmux, yt-dlp and ffmpeg to fix bugs or to get new features
Software installed with homebrew will take precedence over software with installed with apt
if you install newsboat from apt which on ubuntu 20.04 is version 2.18 and then install newsboat with homebrew which is version 2.25 and then run newsboat in the terminal it will run the newer version installed from homebrew
You can still run the version installed with apt by typing the full path
eg /usr/bin/newsboat will run newsboat 2.18 installed with apt
You could just run arch linux or an unstable branch of ubuntu to get the latest software, but i run ubuntu 20.04 on my dell xps 15 because ubuntu has been tested on dell hardware so i know everything will work, the other reason i run ubuntu is because it has built in support for the zfs fileystem
So there are reason not to use arch or an unstable branch of debian and run a stable release, but then you sometimes run into an issue like i did with newsboat on ubuntu 20.04 where i needed to upgrade to a newer version to fix a bug with youtube feeds not showing a description
Homebrew:
https://brew.sh/
Homebrew formulae
https://formulae.brew.sh/
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