Questions tagged [linuxbrew]

Old Linux version of the Homebrew package manager.

Linuxbrew was a Linux port of before Homebrew got Linux support.

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Can I use Homebrew on Ubuntu?

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…
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brew install node stuck at `make install`

I am trying to install node using brew but it gets stuck at make install and does nothing. I am using ubunutu 14.04. Here is the logs from the terminal: ==> Downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.2.1/node-v4.2.1.tar.gz Already downloaded:…
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How to completely uninstall brew and re-install brew in ubuntu 19.04

I installed homebrew on ubuntu 19.04 and it's accidentally stop, so the install not complete. but the folder already created. If I install it again sudo apt install linuxbrew-wrapper I get a message: linuxbrew-wrapper is already the newest…
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Linuxbrew curl certificate issue

I installed Linuxbrew on my server. However when I try to run any command I have issues with curl (used by brew to fetch its updates). Usually when other tools like this have this kind of problem they provide a flag to void the check of the…
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Linuxbrew, install postgres and start service automatically

I install Postgresql on my Ubuntu with: brew install postgres now I have: psql --version psql (PostgreSQL) 9.5.0 How can I start the service automatically? On my Mac with homebrew I can do it with: ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/postgresql/*.plist…
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Building linuxbrew (homebrew) standalone version on Ubuntu 14.04

The Primary Question I'm trying to build the linuxbrew standalone installation on Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, but the script in the original link is currently broken. My ideal answer would be a script that sets it up correctly in one go. I've improved the…
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Migrate site-packages/modules installed with pip from older to newer/latest version of python

At first, I moved the python modules installed in the /../python3.7/site-packages to the new /../python3.8/site-packages directory manually. To generalize the following question, I'm introducing the following nomenclature: The initial (lower)…
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Error: parent directory is world writable but not sticky

I'm running into: Error: parent directory is world writable but not sticky While trying to do: brew install yarn Error: parent directory is world writable but not sticky Please report this…
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Why do characters show up as unicode character codes when plotting to png in R?

After installing R 3.6.3 on our lab's computing cluster, characters no longer show up correctly when plotting to png. For example, the axis label that should be the number 2 shows up as a small box containing the digits "0032", which is the Unicode…
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Illegal Instruction when running python3 installed with linuxbrew

I'm installing this in a shared filesystem (so hostsa, through f all have my $HOME directory on them and it's synced between them relatively instantly). I only get this error on a few of the hosts. For example, I ran brew install python3 on b and it…
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Get rid of bash login message after Linux Brew uninstall

I removed brew on Linux but still get the following message every time I log in: -bash: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew: No such file or directory How do I remove it?
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LinuxBrew does not install latest version of gcc?

When I do g++ --versionon my Linux Ubuntu I get g++ (Home-brew GCC 5.5.0_7) 5.5.0. This was installed via brew install gcc. As the latest version of gcc is 10.2, why has brew not installed this version? I had also tried sudo apt update sudo apt…
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Not able to install linuxbrew on my ubuntu machine

When I try to install Linux brew I m getting permission issue. Below is the error message I m getting. Press RETURN to continue or any other key to abort ==> Downloading and installing Linuxbrew... /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/.git/branches/:…
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Installing Ruby on Godaddy Shared Hosting

I'm trying to use Linuxbrew to manage my dependencies; however, when I attempt to install I receive an error. Error: No such file or directory - /usr/local/bin/rub I have attempted to install using the source files and running…
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SDL_Init fails on linuxbrew while system wide version works

I am using linuxbrew to install dynamic libraries without sudo. Those libraries are needed to compile run the project. For some reason I need to brew uninstall sdl2 --ignore-dependencies in order to init SDL2 successfuly using system-wide version…
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