Introduction

Homebrew-hep is a macOS package manager for high energy physics software, based on Homebrew. In Homebrew terminology, it is a tap.

• Keeps things organised in a dedicated directory
• Handles package dependencies
• Simplifies upgrades

Quick start

1. Install Homebrew
2. Tap homebrew-hep: brew tap davidchall/hep
3. Learn about a package: brew info <package>
4. Install a package: brew install <package>

Available packages

You can browse packages provided by homebrew-hep here.

If your favourite HEP package is missing, please request it on the issues page or consider making a contribution.

Issues

• Report physics problems to the package developers (brew home <package>)
• Report installation problems on the issue tracker