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Richard Duffy
16,488 Pointssudo apt-get install not working on 10.10 yosemite.
Hey,
sudo apt-get used to work on my macbook air early 2013, but does not work now I have upgraded to 10.10 yosemite. Any help?
3 Answers
Daniel Reedy
25,284 PointsThe apt-get command is part of the Advanced Packaging Tools for Debian Linux and is not supported on OS X. It's possible that if this had worked in the past you aliased another command.
If you are looking for a command line tool for installing and managing packages on OS X then you are looking for Homebrew. It is easy to install via the command line using this command
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Once installed you can use the brew command much like apt-get.
Nate Meyer
3,887 PointsApt is a package manager typically used on Debian-based Linux distros (like Ubuntu). If you were using it before, you must have installed it manually. Are you sure you're not confusing Apt for an OS X-centric package manager like Homebrew?
It sounds like Apt may be available on OS X as part of Fink, but I'd strongly suggest using Homebrew instead.
Richard Duffy
16,488 PointsThanks for your help! I will try homebrew again, I did prefer apt-get, but I have used homebrew before and it is great, thanks :).
Cody Coats
7,469 PointsCody Coats
7,469 PointsMight need to re-install xcode command-line tools.