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How to check if homebrew is installed on macOS

Posted on 20/03/202017/08/2026 IT Expert By IT Expert 5 Comments on How to check if homebrew is installed on macOS
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Homebrew is the preferred package manager for macOS and the installation is pretty straightforward. Homebrew is used for installing lots of different software like Git, Ruby, and Node simpler etc. Furthermore, Homebrew keeps its standard commands simple and installs only single-file applications through its default brew command-line interface. How to add a new partition to an existing Linux server, How to setup and configure a lamp stack, and how to Assign a Public IP to Azure Virtual Machine (VM).

However, The which command prints the most precedent application on the PATH whereas where prints all matching applications on the path. The macOS Terminal equivalent of the Windows Command Prompt command where is which.

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Determine if Homebrew is installed

Below are some steps to determine if Homebrew is installed on your macOS. The standard way of figuring out if Homebrew is installed is by using the “which” command

which brew

Moreover, An alternative method to determine if brew is installed is using the below command. This “command -v brew” will output nothing if Homebrew is not installed

command -v brew
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Comments (5) on “How to check if homebrew is installed on macOS”

  1. Avatar photo Navyasree says:
    02/07/2021 at 10:24 PM

    thanks it worked

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    1. chris Christian says:
      02/07/2021 at 11:02 PM

      You are welcome! I am glad you found it useful.

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      1. chris Christian says:
        22/10/2021 at 3:32 PM

        You are welcome!

  2. Avatar photo Nkem says:
    22/10/2021 at 3:23 PM

    really great! simple & so easy to follow. Keep up the good work

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    1. chris Christian says:
      22/10/2021 at 3:32 PM

      Thank you! I am glad u found the guide useful…

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