Homebrew Formulae: dbus

dbus

Install command:

brew install dbus

Message bus system, providing inter-application communication

https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/dbus

License: AFL-2.1 OR GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/dbus.json

Formula code: dbus.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on Apple Silicon	golden gate	✅
	tahoe	✅
	sequoia	✅
	sonoma	✅
	ventura	✅
macOS on Intel	sonoma	✅
macOS on Intel	ventura	✅
Linux	ARM64	✅
Linux	x86_64	✅

Current versions:

stable	✅	1.16.2
head	⚡️	HEAD

Revision: 1

Depends on when building from source:

docbook	5.2.1	Standard XML representation system for technical documents
docbook-xsl	1.79.2	XML vocabulary to create presentation-neutral documents
meson	1.12.1	Fast and user friendly build system
ninja	1.13.2	Small build system for use with gyp or CMake
pkgconf	3.0.7	Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit
xmlto	0.0.29	Convert XML to another format (based on XSL or other tools)

Uses from macOS: libxslt (build), python (build), expat

Binaries: dbus-cleanup-sockets, dbus-daemon, dbus-launch, dbus-monitor, dbus-run-session, dbus-send, dbus-test-tool, dbus-update-activation-environment, dbus-uuidgen

Service:

Start now and at login: brew services start dbus

To start the session bus now and at login:

    brew services start dbus

To start the system bus now and on boot, install and activate the included daemon:

    sudo cp -f $(brew --prefix dbus)/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons
    sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist

If the daemon is already installed and running, restart it:

    sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/org.freedesktop.dbus-system

Analytics:

	30 days	90 days	365 days
Installs	19,164	97,961	522,714
Installs (`--HEAD`)	1	2	11
Installs on Request	115	595	5,511
Installs on Request (`--HEAD`)	1	1	9
Build Errors	172