A little experimental fork of Homebrew that adds support for PowerPC Macs, and Macs running Tiger (or Leopard).

You will first need the newest version of Xcode for your operating system installed. For Tiger that's Xcode 2.5, available from Apple here. For Leopard, Xcode 3.1.4, available from Apple here. Both downloads will require an Apple Developer account.

On the computer you're reading this on, control or right click this link and save it (the option will be something like "Save Link As" or "Download Linked File" depending on your browser) to disk:

https://raw.github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew/go/install

Transfer it to your Tiger or Leopard machine along with Xcode.

Type ruby followed by a space into your terminal prompt, then drag and drop the install file onto the same terminal window, and press return.

You'll also want to make sure that /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin are in your PATH. (Unlike later Mac OS versions, /usr/local/bin isn't in the default PATH.) If you use bash as your shell, add this line to your ~/.bash_profile:

export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

1. You can browse the Formula directory on GitHub.
2. Or type brew search for a list.
3. Or use brew desc to browse packages from the command line.

brew help or man brew or check our wiki.

Run these commands from your terminal. You must have git installed.

cd `brew --repository`
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew.git
git fetch origin
git reset --hard origin/master

If you have trouble running brew update when your installation is located in /usr/local, run git config --global --add safe.directory /usr/local.

Many of the formulae in the repository have been tested, but there are still many that haven't been tested on Tiger and/or PowerPC yet. If something doesn't work, report a bug (or submit a pull request!) and we'll get it working.

Homebrew is originally by mxcl, a splendid chap. This fork is by mistydemeo, incorporating some code originally written by @sceaga.

Code is under the BSD 2 Clause (NetBSD) license.