- Homebrew will check and see if Xcode is installed, if not, it will automatically install the Xcode Command Line Tool package. After a few additional mechanizations, Homebrew itself will be downloaded and installed. How To Install Homebrew Cask: Cask is included in most current distributions of Homebrew.
- Homebrew’s package index. Name: Zenmap Multi-platform graphical interface for official Nmap Security Scanner.
There are two fantastic tools to install on you new Mac: After you install iTerm2, it’s time to install Homebrew!
Homebrew is a package manager – think apt-get for OS X. It is trivial to install and instantly gives you access to thousands of open source tools and utilities. According to the creators of Homebrew, “Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple didn’t.”
Homebrew calls itself The missing package manager for macOS.It really helps to simplify the installation of common tools and software on your Mac. If you want to easily install command line tools such as cask, htop, wget, nmap, tree or virtually any other familiar unix command line tools, you can do so with a simple command.
Visit http://brew.sh right now to get started!
Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple didn’t.
Top 10 (or more) most useful Homebrew apps to get you started. (Paste this list into your terminal once you get Homebrew installed.)
Screenshot showing Homebrew installing mtr on Mac OS X.
(mtr is a fun and useful ICMP tool which combines ping and traceroute into a realtime display of packet loss across all the path entries returned by traceroute.)
Homebrew Maple Beer Recipe
Enjoy!