Mac os install apt get install

Why is the apt-get function not working in the terminal on Mac OS X v10.9 (Mavericks)?

I was watching this, and, as you can see, the first command I am told to put in is:

When I do this, it outputs:

I have no idea why this is the case.

How can I resolve this so I am following the tutorial correctly?

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Mac OS X doesn’t have apt-get . There is a package manager called Homebrew that is used instead.

This command would be:

Use Homebrew to install packages that you would otherwise use apt-get for.

The page I linked to has an up-to-date way of installing homebrew, but at present, you can install Homebrew as follows:

Type the following in your Mac OS X terminal:

After that, usage of Homebrew is brew install

One of the prerequisites for Homebrew are the XCode command line tools.

Background

A package manager (like apt-get or brew ) just gives your system an easy and automated way to install packages or libraries. Different systems use different programs. apt and its derivatives are used on Debian based linux systems. Red Hat-ish Linux systems use rpm (or at least they did many, many, years ago). yum is also a package manager for RedHat based systems.

Alpine based systems use apk .

Warning

As of 25 April 2016, homebrew opts the user in to sending analytics by default. This can be opted out of in two ways:

Setting an environment variable:

1. Open your favorite environment variable editor.
2. Set the following: HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS=1 in whereever you keep your environment variables (typically something like

/.bash_profile )
Close the file, and either restart the terminal or source

Running the following command:

the analytics status can then be checked with the command:

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Installing Git – the easy way

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Choose one of the following options.

Determine on which Linux distribution your system is based on. See List of Linux distributions – Wikipedia for a list. Most Linux systems – including Ubuntu – are Debian-based.

Debian-based linux systems

Open a terminal window. Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return . You may be prompted to enter your password.

You can use Git now.

Red Hat-based linux systems

Open a terminal. Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return . You may be prompted to enter your password.

You can use Git now.

Homebrew […] simplifies the installation of software on the Mac OS X operating system.

Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return .

You will be offered to install the Command Line Developer Tools from Apple. Confirm by clicking Install. After the installation finished, continue installing Homebrew by hitting Return again.

Step 2 – Install Git

Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return .

You can use Git now.

Installing Git on Windows

1. DownloadGit from Git for Windows and install it.

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alhadhrami commented Nov 9, 2017

Wrong link in ‘intro.md’ for «Instructions for Windows». I was going to create a pull request, but then remembered that doesn’t exist in gist.

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rgnest commented Jan 6, 2018 •

You shoud before do «cd» the directrory should be yours home. Or will have error.
I mean macos.

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mithlesh4257 commented Jan 7, 2018

Git is not installing in Ubuntu. Please help!

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elseagle commented Jan 18, 2018

@mithlesh4257 try
sudo apt-get update then sudo apt-get upgrade followed by sudo apt-get install git

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Kaarthick912 commented Mar 5, 2018

sudo yum upgrade

I ran this command and it removed all existing users. It upgraded like 450 packages and removed some users. Anybody know why this happened ?

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Aztechtcs commented Mar 11, 2018

same problem here

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Joshua56 commented Mar 30, 2018

I am having the same problem in my linux mint

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Joshua56 commented Mar 30, 2018

zenity : Depends: libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: zenity-common (= 3.18.1.1-1ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a s

This the error of the code

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reddyvenu commented Apr 10, 2018

same problem here

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imad-bouramana commented Apr 29, 2018

try this repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

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webbertakken commented Aug 15, 2018 •

I used this as a source for PracticalNotes — Homebrew.md because it is very efficient.

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oscrx commented Sep 13, 2018 •

Wrong link in ‘intro.md’ for «Instructions for Windows». I was going to create a pull request, but then remembered that doesn’t exist in gist.

Exactly this 😀
But thanks for the guide.

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Princewillsarlex commented Nov 15, 2018

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adkumar321 commented Jan 18, 2019

sudo apt-get install aptitude

sudo aptitude install git

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DuncantheeDuncan commented Mar 9, 2019 •

Thanks it now installed
But Git-it command doesn’t work and git-it verify
So what the next step please help
I’m using Kali Linux

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NetJayNoob commented Mar 19, 2019

I am having issues with setting the port. When I type ‘set port 80’ I get back as an error: «you can’t set option ‘port’. Available options: [‘target’, ‘http_port'» etc. will this affect my check runs later?

This is on Kali Linux, and is after ‘set target 192.168. )

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Anthomy1 commented May 30, 2019

Thanks it now installed
But Git-it command doesn’t work and git-it verify
So what the next step please help
I’m using Kali Linux

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Anthomy1 commented May 30, 2019

I need help.
I’m using Kali Linux.

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virgilwashere commented Jun 4, 2019

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

Install git on Ubuntu

The most current stable version of Git for Ubuntu.

For release candidates, go to https://launchpad.net/

hub : use github from the command-line
hub is an extension to command-line git that helps you do everyday GitHub tasks without ever leaving the terminal

Hope that helps someone.

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virgilwashere commented Jun 4, 2019

⚠️ Any additional repositories added to the Kali sources.list file will most likely BREAK YOUR KALI LINUX INSTALL.

If this doesn’t do it, I’d be real careful now.

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sagynov commented Jun 16, 2019

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Knlsharma commented Jul 22, 2019

Use this command to check your current Git version: git —version

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Lucifer8759 commented Jul 23, 2019

I need help.
I’m using Kali Linux.

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mark-nirdesh commented Dec 17, 2019

I need help.
I’m using Kali Linux.

why use shell ?
use sudo apt-get install git

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ocBruno commented Feb 14, 2020

Just a heads up!
The Instructions for Windows is linking to the linux instructions

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CyberChick111 commented Mar 6, 2020

@mithlesh4257 try
sudo apt-get update then sudo apt-get upgrade followed by sudo apt-get install git

This one worked!! Thanks

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Phontera commented Mar 31, 2020

It worked! Thank you.

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gprakarsh commented Aug 10, 2020

The link for the Mac Download is outdated. This is the one that should be used —
/bin/bash -c «$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)»

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ASCassinda commented Aug 25, 2020

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Cyber-Guy24 commented Sep 3, 2020

Thanks mark-nirdesh that worked for me as well

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wajeehas commented Sep 13, 2020

I have tried installing homebrew via mac os terminal, but it keeps asking me for a password. does anyone know which password this is? it comes up as a key sign.

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derhuerst commented Sep 14, 2020

I have tried installing homebrew via mac os terminal, but it keeps asking me for a password. does anyone know which password this is? it comes up as a key sign.

It looks like it uses sudo to install itself to a specific location on your computer; sudo requires your password. You will have to put your macOS user’s password.

This is badly designed, it should actually explain why it is using sudo .

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mahfudivan commented Sep 23, 2020

I have tried installing homebrew via mac os terminal, but it keeps asking me for a password. does anyone know which password this is? it comes up as a key sign.

your laptop password, I use a macbook, I also enter my laptop password

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temoke-levelops commented Nov 5, 2020

Works for Mac! Where do I give thumbs up?

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mavaddat commented Dec 19, 2020

why use shell ?
use sudo apt-get install git

They (incorrectly) copied the entire markdown-laden code-block and pasted that into the bash terminal, which of course bash cannot interpret as a command. Do not paste the markdown (e.g., «`shell ) into bash — that part is just for formatting the code on GitHub.

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AssefaDemeke12 commented Dec 26, 2020

git hub setup for linux

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Poojap19create commented Mar 26, 2021

I am getting an error while installing git for UBUNTU Can anybody help please

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mavaddat commented Mar 29, 2021 •

I am getting an error while installing git for UBUNTU Can anybody help please

Your Ubuntu version is no longer maintained. You need to update your distribution to a version that is within its support lifetime. For example, try using this upgrade combination:

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