Can I use Homebrew on Ubuntu?

Question

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 libncurses-dev zlib1g-dev  ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew/go/install)" 

I got the following warning:

Warning: /home/tong/.linuxbrew/bin is not in your PATH. 

I vi my bash.bashrc in home/etc and add this:

export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH" export MANPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/man:$MANPATH" export INFOPATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/share/info:$INFOPATH" 

Then I tried brew doctor but got No command 'brew' found. How am I able to use Homebrew on Ubuntu?

Answer 1

As of February 2018, installing brew on Ubuntu (mine is 17.10) machine is as simple as:

sudo apt install linuxbrew-wrapper 

Then, on first brew execution (just type brew --help) you will be asked for two installation options:

me@computer:~/$ brew --help ==> Select the Linuxbrew installation directory - Enter your password to install to /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew (recommended) - Press Control-D to install to /home/me/.linuxbrew - Press Control-C to cancel installation [sudo] password for me: 

For recommended option type your password (if your current user is in sudo group), or, if you prefer installing all the dependencies in your own home folder, hit Ctrl+D. Enjoy.