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Homebrew: macOS Big Sur and ARM

Talkat FOSDEM 2021 · on Saturday, 2021-02-06· at 13:00· D.distributions

speaker

name:Mike McQuaid

website:https://mikemcquaid.com

resources

video:https://video.fosdem.org/2021/D.distributions/homebrew_macos_bigsur_and_arm.mp4

slides:https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/homebrew_macos_bigsur_and_arm/attachments/slides/4426/export/events/attachments/homebrew_macos_bigsur_and_arm/slides/4426/Homebrew_macOS_Big_Sur_and_ARM.pdf

summary

Covers the changes Homebrew implemented to run on macOS 11 Big Sur and the engineering required to add support for ARM (Apple Silicon). Describes technical work across the Homebrew ecosystem — package formulas, build tooling, and runtime compatibility — needed to support a new Apple OS and a new CPU architecture, and promises a status update on progress toward official support.

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