Homebrew on macOS is only supported on Apple Silicon processors!

[jrpdigital]

Output of brew config

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Output of brew doctor

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Description of issue

Just cannot install via. Terminal on macOS 26.7 on Intel iMac 27" 2020
Keep getting this message.

"Homebrew on macOS is only supported on Apple Silicon processors!"

[SMillerDev]

Yes, that is correct: https://docs.brew.sh/Installation#macos-requirements

[jrpdigital]

I did read that, it implies you can install but it may be uistable?...

[SMillerDev]

2 On Apple Silicon, macOS 15 (Sequoia) through 27 (Golden Gate) is best and supported; macOS 11 (Big Sur) – 14 (Sonoma) are unsupported but may work. All Intel Mac configurations that can run Homebrew, including those using OpenCore Legacy Patcher, are Tier 3. macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and older will not run Homebrew at all.

[jrpdigital]

Thank you.
= NOT Tahoe :-(

[ijagjeet]

For anyone on an Intel Mac hitting this: a workaround is to install Homebrew 6.0.22 from its git tag. Per the 6.0.22 docs, Intel on macOS 10.15 Catalina through 26 Tahoe can still run it (Tier 3, so unsupported / best effort).

Steps are here: https://gist.github.com/ijagjeet/72b6c0c3174af38500cd4baf28c2c02c

Note: this is not an officially supported setup, so please don't open Homebrew issues for problems on it.

[garethhowell]

As a log time user of Homebrew, this is a very sad day for me. Due to a corruption, I've just deleted my existing home-brew installation on my 2018 Mac Mini running Sequoia - a supported Mac. I now find I cannot re-install.

As I can't install homebrew and have no other need to upgrade the hardware, it's goodbye.

[SMillerDev]

I can tell by your empathy for the situation and the 11 open source contributions in the past year that you really know how to run a massive open source project like Homebrew. Maybe we should reconsider our decision to prioritise our maintainers’ time for the majority of the users.

/s

[yomialbert]

This make sense, i was able to install brew effortlessly