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Homebrew without sudo
#!/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/Current/usr/bin/ruby
# SET YOUR_HOME TO THE ABSOLUTE PATH OF YOUR HOME DIRECTORY
# chmod +x install.rb
# ./install.rb
YOUR_HOME = ''
HOMEBREW_PREFIX = "#{YOUR_HOME}/usr/local"
HOMEBREW_CACHE = '/Library/Caches/Homebrew'
HOMEBREW_REPO = 'https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew'
module Tty extend self
def blue; bold 34; end
def white; bold 39; end
def red; underline 31; end
def reset; escape 0; end
def bold n; escape "1;#{n}" end
def underline n; escape "4;#{n}" end
def escape n; "\033[#{n}m" if STDOUT.tty? end
end
class Array
def shell_s
cp = dup
first = cp.shift
cp.map{ |arg| arg.gsub " ", "\\ " }.unshift(first) * " "
end
end
def ohai *args
puts "#{Tty.blue}==>#{Tty.white} #{args.shell_s}#{Tty.reset}"
end
def warn warning
puts "#{Tty.red}Warning#{Tty.reset}: #{warning.chomp}"
end
def system *args
abort "Failed during: #{args.shell_s}" unless Kernel.system(*args)
end
def sudo *args
#ohai "/usr/bin/sudo", *args
#system "/usr/bin/sudo", *args
system *args
end
def getc # NOTE only tested on OS X
system "/bin/stty raw -echo"
if STDIN.respond_to?(:getbyte)
STDIN.getbyte
else
STDIN.getc
end
ensure
system "/bin/stty -raw echo"
end
def wait_for_user
puts
puts "Press RETURN to continue or any other key to abort"
c = getc
# we test for \r and \n because some stuff does \r instead
abort unless c == 13 or c == 10
end
module Version
def <=>(other)
split(".").map { |i| i.to_i } <=> other.split(".").map { |i| i.to_i }
end
end
def macos_version
@macos_version ||= `/usr/bin/sw_vers -productVersion`.chomp[/10\.\d+/].extend(Version)
end
def git
@git ||= if ENV['GIT'] and File.executable? ENV['GIT']
ENV['GIT']
elsif Kernel.system '/usr/bin/which -s git'
'git'
else
exe = `xcrun -find git 2>/dev/null`.chomp
exe if $? && $?.success? && !exe.empty? && File.executable?(exe)
end
return unless @git
# Github only supports HTTPS fetches on 1.7.10 or later:
# https://help.github.com/articles/https-cloning-errors
`#{@git} --version` =~ /git version (\d\.\d+\.\d+)/
return if $1.nil? or $1.extend(Version) < "1.7.10"
@git
end
def chmod?(d)
File.directory?(d) && !(File.readable?(d) && File.writable?(d) && File.executable?(d))
end
def chgrp?(d)
!File.grpowned?(d)
end
# Invalidate sudo timestamp before exiting
#at_exit { Kernel.system "/usr/bin/sudo", "-k" }
# The block form of Dir.chdir fails later if Dir.CWD doesn't exist which I
# guess is fair enough. Also sudo prints a warning message for no good reason
Dir.chdir "#{YOUR_HOME}/usr"
####################################################################### script
abort "See Linuxbrew: http://brew.sh/linuxbrew/" if /linux/i === RUBY_PLATFORM
abort "MacOS too old, see: https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew" if macos_version < "10.5"
abort "Don't run this as root!" if Process.uid == 0
#abort <<-EOABORT unless `groups`.split.include? "admin"
#This script requires the user #{ENV['USER']} to be an Administrator. If this
#sucks for you then you can install Homebrew in your home directory or however
#you please; please refer to our homepage. If you still want to use this script
#set your user to be an Administrator in System Preferences or `su' to a
#non-root user with Administrator privileges.
#EOABORT
abort <<-EOABORT unless Dir["#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/.git/*"].empty?
It appears Homebrew is already installed. If your intent is to reinstall you
should do the following before running this installer again:
rm -rf #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/Cellar #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/.git && brew cleanup
EOABORT
# Tests will fail if the prefix exists, but we don't have execution
# permissions. Abort in this case.
abort <<-EOABORT if File.directory? HOMEBREW_PREFIX and not File.executable? HOMEBREW_PREFIX
The Homebrew prefix, #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}, exists but is not searchable. If this is
not intentional, please restore the default permissions and try running the
installer again:
sudo chmod 775 #{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}
EOABORT
abort <<-EOABORT if `/usr/bin/xcrun clang 2>&1` =~ /license/ && !$?.success?
You have not agreed to the Xcode license.
Before running the installer again please agree to the license by opening
Xcode.app or running:
sudo xcodebuild -license
EOABORT
ohai "This script will install:"
puts "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/brew"
puts "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/Library/..."
puts "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/share/man/man1/brew.1"
chmods = %w( . bin etc include lib lib/pkgconfig Library sbin share var var/log share/locale share/man
share/man/man1 share/man/man2 share/man/man3 share/man/man4
share/man/man5 share/man/man6 share/man/man7 share/man/man8
share/info share/doc share/aclocal ).
map { |d| File.join(HOMEBREW_PREFIX, d) }.select { |d| chmod?(d) }
chgrps = chmods.select { |d| chgrp?(d) }
unless chmods.empty?
ohai "The following directories will be made group writable:"
puts(*chmods)
end
unless chgrps.empty?
ohai "The following directories will have their group set to #{Tty.underline 39}admin#{Tty.reset}:"
puts(*chgrps)
end
wait_for_user if STDIN.tty?
if File.directory? HOMEBREW_PREFIX
sudo "/bin/chmod", "g+rwx", *chmods unless chmods.empty?
sudo "/usr/bin/chgrp", "admin", *chgrps unless chgrps.empty?
else
sudo "/bin/mkdir", HOMEBREW_PREFIX
sudo "/bin/chmod", "g+rwx", HOMEBREW_PREFIX
# the group is set to wheel by default for some reason
sudo "/usr/bin/chgrp", "admin", HOMEBREW_PREFIX
end
sudo "/bin/mkdir", HOMEBREW_CACHE unless File.directory? HOMEBREW_CACHE
sudo "/bin/chmod", "g+rwx", HOMEBREW_CACHE if chmod? HOMEBREW_CACHE
if macos_version >= "10.9"
developer_dir = `/usr/bin/xcode-select -print-path 2>/dev/null`.chomp
if developer_dir.empty? || !File.exist?("#{developer_dir}/usr/bin/git")
ohai "Installing the Command Line Tools (expect a GUI popup):"
sudo "/usr/bin/xcode-select", "--install"
puts "Press any key when the installation has completed."
getc
end
end
ohai "Downloading and installing Homebrew..."
Dir.chdir HOMEBREW_PREFIX do
if git
# we do it in four steps to avoid merge errors when reinstalling
system git, "init", "-q"
# "git remote add" will fail if the remote is defined in the global config
system git, "config", "remote.origin.url", HOMEBREW_REPO
system git, "config", "remote.origin.fetch", "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*"
args = git, "fetch", "origin", "master:refs/remotes/origin/master", "-n"
args << "--depth=1" if ARGV.include? "--fast"
system(*args)
system git, "reset", "--hard", "origin/master"
else
# -m to stop tar erroring out if it can't modify the mtime for root owned directories
# pipefail to cause the exit status from curl to propogate if it fails
# we use -k for curl because Leopard has a bunch of bad SSL certificates
curl_flags = "fsSL"
curl_flags << "k" if macos_version <= "10.5"
system "/bin/bash -o pipefail -c '/usr/bin/curl -#{curl_flags} #{HOMEBREW_REPO}/tarball/master | /usr/bin/tar xz -m --strip 1'"
end
end
warn "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin is not in your PATH." unless ENV['PATH'].split(':').include? "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin"
ohai "Installation successful!"
ohai "Next steps"
if macos_version < "10.9" and macos_version > "10.6"
`/usr/bin/cc --version 2> /dev/null` =~ %r[clang-(\d{2,})]
version = $1.to_i
puts "Install the #{Tty.white}Command Line Tools for Xcode#{Tty.reset}: https://developer.apple.com/downloads" if version < 425
else
puts "Install #{Tty.white}Xcode#{Tty.reset}: https://developer.apple.com/xcode" unless File.exist? "/usr/bin/cc"
end
puts "Run `brew doctor` #{Tty.white}before#{Tty.reset} you install anything"
puts "Run `brew help` to get started"
@devinrhode2
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@eshivam - if you run: ls
Do you see the install.rb file printed out somewhere?

@Orxify
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Orxify commented Dec 16, 2022

Sorry, try again.
Password:
wsudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
KSAD-FYGSDTJ1WK:~ swl00018$ Thats My message

@mintychips
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For those who are having trouble with the ruby "nomethod" error, just add "&." to the beginning of each inequality statement (<>=) and it'll work! (Only the statements that are not attached to a string)

@FireDasher
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error: undefined method `<' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)

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