A little experimental fork of Homebrew that adds support for PowerPC Macs, and Macs running Tiger (or Leopard).
Paste this into a terminal prompt:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSkL raw.github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew/go)"You'll also want to make sure that /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin are in your PATH. (Unlike later Mac OS versions, /usr/local/bin isn't in the default PATH.) If you use bash as your shell, add this line to your ~/.bash_profile:
export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH- You can browse the Formula directory on GitHub.
- Or type
brew searchfor a list.
brew help or man brew or check our wiki.
This fork is brand-new - I started it a few weeks ago. Most of the essential functionality should be working now, but there's still a lot that hasn't been tested. You can help out by trying it out and reporting anything that doesn't currently work.
The only hardware I have to test with is a PowerPC PowerBook with Tiger. I'd love to support Leopard and Intel processors, but since I don't have the hardware I can't proactively work to support them.
I am completely willing to help you if something doesn't work, though. Just write up a bug report and I'll see if I can get it fixed.
Man, I have no idea. Backporting stuff to Tiger is challenging enough, I have a feeling Panther's going to need even more attention. If you have a Panther machine and you really, really want Homebrew... give it a try I guess? Probably you'll need to put a lot of work into making it work.
Run these commands from your terminal. You must have git installed.
cd `brew --repository`
git remote rm origin
git remote add origin https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew.git
git fetch origin
git reset --hard origin/master
Many of the formulae in the repository are currently untested on Tiger and/or PowerPC. If something doesn't work, report a bug (or submit a pull request!) and we'll get it working.
Homebrew is originally by mxcl, a splendid chap. This fork is by @mistydemeo, incorporating some code originally written by @sceaga.