Homebrew for Linux

This Ansible Role installs Homebrew on a Linux system and allows you to install packages with it.

Requirements

• The system must have access to GitHub.

Supported Linux Shells:

• bash
• fish
• zsh

Supported CPU Architectures:

• AMD64, x86_64

Tested On:

• CentOS/RHEL 8
• Debian 10, 11
• Fedora 35
• Rocky Linux 8
• Ubuntu 18, 20

Role Variables

Below are the default variables you can use from defaults/main.yml:

# Homebrew packages to install
brew_formulae: []

# Homebrew Git repository
homebrew_git_repo: "https://github.com/Homebrew/brew"

# Homebrew release used (default is the main GitHub repo)
homebrew_release: "master"

# Homebrew user
homebrew_user: "{{ lookup('env', 'USER') }}"

Example Playbook

Here’s an example of how to use it:

---
- name: Install Homebrew and aws-vault using Homebrew
  hosts: all
  user: mike
  become: yes
  vars:
    brew_formulae:
      - aws-vault
  roles:
    - role: monolithprojects.homebrew

License

MIT

Author Information

Created in 2021 by Michal Muransky.