How to fix the Brew command not found error

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to fix the “zsh: command not found: brew” error with the help of examples.

When we install a brew package manager using the following command:

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

And trying to use a “brew” package manager sometimes we will see the following issue in our terminal.

zsh: command not found: brew

The “zsh: command not found: brew” issue occurs due to the brew command is not able to found the installation path.

To fix this issue follow the below steps:

1. First, open the terminal in your mac and paste the below command, run it.

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

It replace the current directory of homebrew to /usr/local/bin.

If your using zsh, use the below command to setup the path:

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"' >> $HOME/.zshrc

2. Now, you can verify the brew manager is available or not by using the brew -v command.

If it outputs the version number like this, then you are successfully installed.

Homebrew 4.0.5

You can now install the packages like git from the brew manager like this.

brew install git