After installing Homebrew I get `zsh: command not found: brew`

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➜  ~ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
-e:77: warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/local/bin in PATH, mode 040677
It appears Homebrew is already installed. If your intent is to reinstall you
should do the following before running this installer again:
    ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"
The current contents of /usr/local are bin CODEOFCONDUCT.md etc git lib Library LICENSE.txt munki README.md sbin share .git .github .gitignore
➜  ~ brew install maven
zsh: command not found: brew

score 565 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 06 '21 at 21:12

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I had a similar issue on macOS Big Sur (11.0.1). In my case homebrew was saved in /opt/homebrew/, and not in /usr/local/....

So I added

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

to .zshrc file in my home directory, and the ZSH shell was able to find the brew command.

answered Jan 06 '21 at 21:12

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`export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH` it helps, but how did you know that you have it there? and `$PATH` does this mean a new folder? I get this steps in terminal: ```Add Homebrew to your PATH in /Users/admin/.zprofile: echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> /Users/admin/.zprofile eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv) ``` – Morozov Jan 20 '21 at 22:44
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The path was shown in the terminal after Homebrew was done with the installation on my machine. '$PATH' just means that this new path will be added to the variable called PATH, known by the zsh shell. However this syntax is standard for bash. – Spindizzy Jan 26 '21 at 13:18
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hi where could I find `.zshrc` or that so called home directory? thank you – Stacks Queue Apr 28 '21 at 07:40
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Either open a complete new terminal, you should start in the home directory, or if you somewhere in another directory, you can find it by entering `cd ~`. – Spindizzy Apr 28 '21 at 17:15
That was the exact problem for me. My homerbew was installed in /opt/homebrew and not in /usrl/local – benz Sep 04 '21 at 05:48
Quick tip, use `source ~/.zshrc` to make any changes to that file come into effect. Else, close and re-open your terminal. – Davey Oct 26 '21 at 09:25
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If you are missing the file `.zshrc` in home `~` (e.g there is only `zsh_sessions` and `zsh_history`) simply create that file (`touch .zshrc`) and paste suggested export. – Sebastian Voráč MSc. Oct 31 '21 at 17:34
Down in answers I demonstrated @Spindizzy `answer step-by-step terminally speaking` – Sebastian Voráč MSc. Apr 12 '22 at 15:46
what should add instead $PATH – Hamidreza Khorammfar Jun 11 '22 at 15:27
If you have installed homebrew recently, you may add export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin/brew:$PATH to your .zshrc file – Guyco Jan 31 '23 at 15:08

score 466 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 14 '21 at 09:01

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for this error `zsh: command not found: brew`

Make sure you've installed Brew, with this (wait until its done installing) (Edit: added ending quote to the end)

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

Then follow NEXT STEPS shown on command line, it should show something like this

==> Next steps:
- Add Homebrew to your PATH in /Users/$USER/.zprofile:
    echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> /Users/$USER/.zprofile
    eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)

Copy and paste the first line on the same terminal window, then hit enter

echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> /Users/$USER/.zprofile

Then Copy and paste the last line on the same terminal window, then hit enter

eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)

Finally you should be able to use brew help and if that works, it means that brew was installed properly and running from ZSH.

edited Sep 14 '21 at 09:01

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answered Feb 02 '21 at 23:23

Jonathan Sanchez

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This Works in Ubuntu 21.04 with linuxbrew, after thar, don't forget to signout or restart. thanks brother for this. for linux user. use this "eval $(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)" and add this to ~/.zprofile – Alauddin Afif Cassandra Mar 29 '21 at 04:22
This is exactly what I had to do and what it told me to do, but I refrained from pasting those commands as they showed up only on my machine on running the install command from their official website for HomeBrew installation, while it didn't have a second step in the installation process on my friend's machine as new as mine (A day old). haha my bad. If anyone else went down the same route, I feel ya! And, this answer literally told me: "Do what you read in the console output of your terminal. Don't question. It at the least won't turn a time bomb on" Thanks @Jonathan Sanchez – Abhay Nagaraj Jun 24 '21 at 04:27
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after running these commands it works fine, but when I close the the terminal and reopen it says ```-bash: brew: command not found``` – Keval Jul 09 '21 at 12:18
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For me on a Mac, after running step 1, I'm able to use brew to install node ```brew install node``` – notClickBait Aug 28 '21 at 04:48
Still worked for me at May 2020. – Mbotet May 09 '22 at 16:13
I'm kind of annoyed that you have to run the steps to install it into your PATH separately. Typically anytime you install something from a package manager, it automatically loads it into your PATH for you -- the homebrew maintainers deciding NOT to do that violates the principle of least surprise imho. – Raleigh L. Sep 11 '22 at 22:48
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@Keval run the above steps again, this time adding it to your bash profile echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> /Users/$USER/.bash_profile – Mel K. Mar 15 '23 at 16:14

Jatniel · Answer 3 · 2023-06-28T07:38:41.890

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Edit .zshrc file :

nano .zshrc

The following should be enough :

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

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And add this to the beginning of the file :

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

Save and run :

source ~/.zshrc

Tested and working Apple M1 / M1 PRO and M2 / M2 PRO

edited Jun 28 '23 at 07:38

answered Jan 04 '22 at 08:08

Jatniel

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After all, don't forget to run: `source ~/.zshrc` – Tai Le Jan 27 '22 at 00:50
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Finally! The only answer that worked! – Leon Gaban Nov 23 '22 at 06:22
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Do someboy have an Idea why this come on the first place ? I have to do that every time I'm opening vs code – Raphaël Balet May 31 '23 at 08:03
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that's working for apple m2 macbook. thanks. – Berkay Nayman Jun 27 '23 at 18:58

Sras · Answer 4 · 2023-01-03T04:01:52.997

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Update 2023

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

edited Jan 03 '23 at 04:01

answered Apr 19 '22 at 03:23

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This worked for the me, the selected answer above did not. – stromyc Jul 31 '23 at 11:08

score 72 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 22 '21 at 05:16

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Here are the steps I did...

1.Install homebrew

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

2.Run brew help and see if it's working... If it showing an error "zsh: command not found: brew" follow along.

Change the path to:

echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> /Users/"YOUR USER NAME"/.zprofile

Remember to change the "USER NAME" with yours, Then type in:

eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)

Once successfully running these command type "brew help" to see if everything went ok.

answered Apr 22 '21 at 05:16

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this worked for MacOS Monterey for those looking – aroundtheworld Mar 30 '22 at 00:31
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This works for mac OS – Sumit Munot Mar 31 '22 at 13:34
This worked for me in Monterey 12.2.1 – Rafa Aug 11 '22 at 15:29
This worked for Mac OS 12.5 – Ezra Lin Aug 18 '22 at 14:04
Worked for Ventura 13.1 – Baturay Koç Dec 20 '22 at 08:26
Would be easier to just do `echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> ~/.zprofile`. That way you don't need to get the username right. – d_inevitable Feb 16 '23 at 19:51

score 64 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 23 '16 at 00:41

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Homebrew has been installed on you computer. You need to modify your PATH like this:

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

or execute brew from its origin:

/usr/local/bin/brew install maven

answered Apr 23 '16 at 00:41

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just to complement: to make that change to PATH a *permanent* one, you should insert that `export ...` command into your local `~/.zshrc` – superjos Jan 23 '19 at 11:10
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The `.zshrc` should already have this line in it and you would just need to remove the `#` to uncomment and restart your shell. – Sirius_B Feb 11 '20 at 22:09

score 28 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 29 '21 at 17:14

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I got the same issue after installing Homebrew in my MacBook (macOS Big Sur V 11.0.1).

After installation, in the console it says what should be done:

==> Next steps:
- Add Homebrew to your PATH in /Users/USER/.zprofile:
  echo 'eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)' >> /Users/USER/.zprofile
  eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)
- Run `brew help` to get started

Executing those two commands, in order, will add the brew command into the PATH:

echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/USER/.zprofile

eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

edited Dec 29 '21 at 17:14

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answered Jan 31 '21 at 02:14

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Solved my problem. – Mr. T. Apr 22 '22 at 16:34
This worked on macos Monterey – Shaik Sadiq Ahmed Feb 13 '23 at 06:42

score 16 · Answer 8 · answered May 29 '21 at 05:52

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Just add export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH in your home directory

Restart if needed or just reopen your terminal

answered May 29 '21 at 05:52

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score 11 · Answer 9 · answered Oct 31 '21 at 17:41

I will just demonstrate the answer from @Spindizzy terminally speaking:

cd ~ | ls -a
touch .zshrc // if file .zshrc doesn't exists we create it
vim .zshrc

Paste PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH there, save file and restart terminal.

Vim helper:

1. press "i" to interactive mode in vim, paste:
export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
2. press "esc" type ":wq" and hit enter

score 9 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 12 '19 at 23:57

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make sure install brew first

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

answered Aug 12 '19 at 23:57

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score 6 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 24 '21 at 23:33

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In fish shell on Apple M1, I had to add /opt/homebrew/bin to the fish_user_paths global env. I had to do this manually because set -U fish_user_paths /opt/homebrew/bin $fish_user_paths got

set: Universal variable 'fish_user_paths' is shadowed by the global variable of the same name.

answered Feb 24 '21 at 23:33

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As of fish 3.2.0, released in March 2021 `fish_add_path /opt/homebrew/bin` should be enough – František Heča Nov 06 '22 at 08:12

score 6 · Answer 12 · answered May 20 '21 at 18:29

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Basically your homebrew is saved in /opt/homebrew/, and not in /usr/local/.... path

Open .bash_profile in your home directory and add :

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

and restart the terminal. You will have it up and running.

answered May 20 '21 at 18:29

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score 6 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 06 '21 at 20:20

may be you have followed this step from homebrew homepage.

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

so may your system not able to allocate path so follow below steps.

sudo nano /etc/paths

paste

/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH

save and close

score 6 · Answer 14 · answered Jan 15 '22 at 09:06

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In my case, I added the following line to ~/.zshrc

eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

answered Jan 15 '22 at 09:06

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score 5 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 27 '21 at 10:01

This morning i too faced the same issue. The problem is path for homebrew is not set correctly.

Follow below steps

1.install homebrew correctly. In the terminal type below cmd.

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

set the path in your .zshrc file in terminal type

open ~/.zshrc

In .zshrc file add the path like below

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
In terminal type source ~/.zshrc

and your done.

Rafo · Answer 16 · 2022-03-10T21:52:30.727

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When installing, brew has this -NEXT STEPS console log when is needed to include its path to bash.

run the followed steps:

`echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/YOUR_USER/.zprofile`

`eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"`

edited Mar 10 '22 at 21:52

answered Mar 02 '22 at 21:05

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score 3 · Answer 17 · edited Mar 03 '21 at 16:41

Go to the official Homebrew site.

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

Next steps:

test -d ~/.linuxbrew && eval $(~/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
test -d /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew && eval $(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
test -r ~/.bash_profile && echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.bash_profile
echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.profile

Try: brew install hello

score 3 · Answer 18 · answered Oct 21 '21 at 02:23

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Since you're using zsh, you need to add the PATH to your .zshrc file:

vim ~/.zshrc

Add:

export BREW_HOME="/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin"
export PATH="$PATH:$BREW_HOME"

answered Oct 21 '21 at 02:23

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score 3 · Answer 19 · edited Apr 18 '23 at 23:17

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I tried:

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

but it didn't work.

I researched the problem and realized that the above code works for only Apple chip Macs and not Intel chip Macs.

I edited the code, since my Mac is Intel-based, using:

In the Finder, open/edit the .zshrc file or create one if you cannot find it.

Paste this code:

 export PATH=/usr/local/homebrew/bin:$PATH

It should work.

edited Apr 18 '23 at 23:17

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answered Apr 12 '22 at 06:33

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score 3 · Answer 20 · answered Oct 06 '22 at 14:45

For the latest version as of 6-oct-2022...

==> Next steps:

Run these three commands in your terminal to add Homebrew to your PATH:

echo '# Set PATH, MANPATH, etc., for Homebrew.' >> /Users/tusharkhatri/.zprofile

echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/tusharkhatri/.zprofile

eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
Run brew help to get started
Further documentation: https://docs.brew.sh

score 2 · Answer 21 · answered Jan 08 '23 at 14:00

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It help me. Just run follow command:

echo '# Set PATH, MANPATH, etc., for Homebrew.' >> /Users/gureenkov56/.zprofile
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/gureenkov56/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

answered Jan 08 '23 at 14:00

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score 1 · Answer 22 · answered Jun 17 '20 at 12:17

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might be late, but surely helpful. you have to install brew on first thing. just run the below command to do that:

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

answered Jun 17 '20 at 12:17

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score 1 · Answer 23 · answered Jan 17 '21 at 01:04

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If you're on WSL2 make sure to follow the final linux installation instructions for linuxbrew.

test -d ~/.linuxbrew && eval $(~/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)test -d /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew && eval $(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
test -r ~/.bash_profile && echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.bash_profile
echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.profile

answered Jan 17 '21 at 01:04

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For me, even following the installation instructions, it was not sufficient. Every time I restart my terminal, I got brew was not found. What I did is $ touch .bash_profile, then $ cp .profile .bash_profile and restart WSL2. That's how I solve my issues. – José Pulido Oct 01 '21 at 21:28

Ankush Chavan · Answer 24 · 2022-10-01T10:50:46.740

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I had the same issue with Ubuntu and Arch Linux. I solved this problem by adding the path of the bin folder of brew to the .zshrc file.

The path to my brew installation bin directory is /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin

Add following line to the ~/.zshrc file
export PATH=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH

After this do open a new terminal and the brew command will be available.

edited Oct 01 '22 at 10:50

answered Aug 20 '21 at 06:13

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score 1 · Answer 25 · answered Sep 10 '21 at 07:36

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I just did echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zshrc as I'm using oh-my-zsh. After doing this should be able to use brew.

answered Sep 10 '21 at 07:36

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score 1 · Answer 26 · answered Oct 29 '21 at 21:03

To your .zshrc file, add the path to your homebrew/bin, wherever that might be. In my case, homebrew was installed in my home directory. Add:

export PATH="/<path-to-homebrew-directory>/bin:$PATH"

Restart your terminal for it to pick up the changes to your .zshrc

Santiago Díaz · Answer 27 · 2022-02-24T14:58:02.817

Solution for Ubuntu 20.04

After installing brew with:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
and ran what it says after (this did nothing for me just added lines to .zprofile every time i ran it):

echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /home/blcuser/.zprofile

eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
BEFORE closing that terminal copy the output of:

echo $PATH
Should be similar to this:

/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

What we need is the path to brew which is this part of the previews path (for you might be a different path)

/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin

Open NEW terminal and try to build the whole first path with:

Should be like: <brew_path>:$PATH

For me was this: echo /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin:$PATH

Should output the first whole path we output on 4.

Open .zshrc file (mine is on home hidden file)
At the beginning of the .zshrc file add what we build on 5.:

export PATH=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin:$PATH
Save and restart terminals
Check that is working with:

brew doctor

You should be set and brew should be started always with new terminals by default.

score 1 · Answer 28 · answered Oct 02 '22 at 09:54

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Maybe it's not so obvious but in addition to the above steps, check your .zshprofile is not corrupted with any extraneous quotation marks. You should also close all terminal instances.

answered Oct 02 '22 at 09:54

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score 1 · Answer 29 · answered Nov 16 '22 at 20:23

16.11.2022 - Update
During brew installation I got multiple lines informing me about where brew will be installed. For me terminal said:

This script will install:
...
/usr/local/Homebrew

So path I needed was the last one. Steps to fix the issue:

Edit .zshrc file. Type:

nano ~/.zshrc
Add line in the editor:

export PATH=/usr/local/homebrew/bin:$PATH
Hit Control+X to Exit the editor, Y to accept the changes and return to accept where file is going to be saved.

After all you need to refresh the terminal you use. You can either close the process of it and open or type:

source ~/.zshrc

That's it! Hope it helped.

score 0 · Answer 30 · answered Feb 14 '22 at 15:41

Run the following setup then you will be ready to use brew

Run unintsall script :-

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

Set Git Compression :- git config --global core.compression 0

Set Git buffer size :- git config --global http.postBuffer 1048576000

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

score 0 · Answer 31 · answered Feb 20 '22 at 18:12

You should add both /opt/homebrew/bin and /opt/homebrew/sbin to $PATH env.

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

for quick, run command

echo export PATH=$PATH:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin >> ~/.zshrc

then run brew doctor to checking

After installing Homebrew I get `zsh: command not found: brew`

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for this error `zsh: command not found: brew`

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After installing Homebrew I get `zsh: command not found: brew`

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for this error zsh: command not found: brew

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for this error `zsh: command not found: brew`