How do I install homebrew on macOS? Error: > -bash: $: command not found

Question

When I copy/paste this link:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

on the terminal it keeps giving me this error:

-bash: $: command not found

I don't have much experience at dealing with this type of code. If someone could help me it would be really appreciated. I was trying to install HomeBrew to get some Unitiy packages from their github.

Answer 1

You're copying the leading $, which is the prompt, not part of the command. It is to indicate "this is something you should paste on the commandline." The actual command is:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

If you click the "clipboard" icon at brew.sh, it'll copy the correct command to your clipboard.

Note that this "leading $ prompt" indicator is used throughout the brew.sh site (and is very common in unix-style documentation). So when you see $ brew install wget, that means to type "brew install wget" at the command prompt. It does not mean to type $.