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Posted by briand
briand
4,254 Points

Installing xcode and homebrew

I am wanting to install Xcode and Homebrew in masOS Sierra. New to using command line and new to Macs.

I hope to be able to work mostly in an account with standard access. Can I also install these applications from there, or do I need to log into an administrator account?

Thanks

2 Answers

William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Xcode & its command line tool are installed system-wide and required admin privilege.

Homebrew on the other hand install only on user's home directory, standard account should do fine.

briand
briand
4,254 Points
briand
briand
4,254 Points

Thanks William - much appreciated