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#Homebrew switch install#

Formulae with options had to be built from source, could not be tested on our CI system and provided a disproportionate support burden on our volunteer maintainers. This change allows us to better focus on delivering binary packages rather than options. Options will still be supported and encouraged by third-party taps. Homebrew does not have any formulae with options in Homebrew/homebrew-core.This has allowed us to delete legacy code that dealt with migrations from old versions. Homebrew does not migrate old, pre-1.0.0 installations from the Homebrew/legacy-homebrew (formerly Homebrew/homebrew repository.

This has allowed us to remove large amounts of legacy code. Homebrew does not run on OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) and below.This addresses a long-standing complaint where users were surprised by how much disk space Homebrew used if they did not run brew cleanup. You can opt-out of this behaviour by setting the HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP variable.

#Homebrew switch install#

brew cleanup is run periodically (every 30 days) and triggers for individual formula cleanup on reinstall, install or upgrade.

Homebrew on Linux uses its own repository for formulae: Homebrew/linuxbrew-core You can install it in your home directory, so it does not require sudo, and use it to install software that your host distribution’s package manager does not provide. Homebrew on Linux was previously called “Linuxbrew”.

Homebrew officially supports Linux and Windows 10 with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Major changes and deprecations since 1.9.0: The most significant changes since 1.9.0 are official support for Linux and Windows 10 (with Windows Subsystem for Linux), brew cleanup running automatically, no more options in Homebrew/homebrew-core, and removal of support for OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) and older. Today I’d like to announce Homebrew 2.0.0.