Homebrew provides OS X with a free and open-source software package managing system that simplifies the installation of software on OS X. They keep installations in a central location and can maintain all software packages on the system in formats that are commonly used. A package manager is a collection of software tools that work to automate installation processes that include initial software installation, upgrading and configuring of software, and removing software as needed. While the OS X Terminal has a lot of the functionality of Linux Terminals and other Unix systems, it does not ship with a good package manager. Step 3 - Installing and Setting Up Homebrew If you receive the following output, then Xcode is installed: Xcode is an integrated development environment (IDE) that is comprised of software development tools for macOS. Alternatively, you can use Spotlight by holding down the command and spacebar keys to find Terminal by typing it out in the box that appears. From here, double-click the Terminal like any other application to open it up. It is developed at The University of Tartu, which you can download for free on the Bitbucket repository for Windows, Linux, and Mac. Like any other application, you can find it by going into Finder, navigating to the Applications folder, and then into the Utilities folder. Thonny is an IDE for learning and teaching programming, specially designed with the beginner Pythonista scripting environment. The macOS Terminal is an application you can use to access the command line interface.
You will need a macOS computer with administrative access that is connected to the internet.
