-bash: $: command not found

Question

I am trying to install pyqt on my Mac. I have installed Homebrew and it seems to be "fine" but when I run the command

$ brew install pyqt 

I get the following error:

-bash: $: command not found

Could someone please point me in the right direction, I have looked at several websites but I can't seem to troubleshoot it.

Answer 1

It looks like you copied a line from a website or other source. Generally, terminal commands are prefixed by a sample terminal prompt in documentation. For example, if you're instructed to run the ls command, you'll often see it printed as

$ ls

in documentation. That $ is not part of the command, it merely represents a terminal prompt.

So run brew install pyqt without the $.