It will instruct you if you need to correct anything. You should probably also run the following command to ensure everything is configured correctly: brew doctor
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision a8cf30fe79 last commit ) This may take a few minutes, but when complete, a quick way to ensure you have installed brew correctly, simply type: brew -version Homebrew 3.1.9 Just follow the terminal prompts and enter your password where required. This is a simple process, but you need to launch your Terminal ( /Applications/Utilities/Terminal) application and then enter: /bin/bash -c '$(curl -fsSL )' Using the brew command you can easily add powerful functionality to your mac, but first we have to install it. This process relies heavily on the macOS package manager called Homebrew. If you don't already have XCode installed, it's best to first install the command line tools as these will be used by homebrew: xcode-select -install Homebrew Installation If you are a beginner developer, you will be better served using MAMP or MAMP Pro. This guide is intended for experienced web developers.