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Since I enabled HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY, downloads have improved for me to the point where download speed is no longer an issue.
by alwillis 7mo ago
Since I enabled HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY, downloads have improved for me to the point where download speed is no longer an issue.
- brailsafe 7mo agoGood to know! I was doing this with a hacky one-liner but wasn't aware of this flag. I think the sequential build/install process is the agonizing bit though.
- firecall 7mo agoIf your version is 5.0.0 or newer, concurrency is already active by default. https://brew.sh/2025/11/12/homebrew-5.0.0/ https://brew.sh/2025/11/12/homebrew-5.0.0/
- pugio 7mo agoThanks for that. And here I was somehow hanging around on 4.5.3.
- naikrovek 7mo agoYeah I don’t know how people are saying it’s slow. If you have 5000 packages installed maybe?