glibc

Install command: 
brew install glibc

Also known as: glibc@2.39

GNU C Library

https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/

License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later

Development: Pull requests

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

Formula code: glibc.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 2.39

Other versions:

glibc@2.17 2.17 GNU C Library
glibc@2.13 2.13 GNU C Library

Revision: 1

Keg-only

Depends on:

linux-headers@6.8 6.8.12 Header files of the Linux kernel

Requires: Brewedglibcnotolder, Linux, Linuxkernel

The Homebrew's Glibc has been installed with the following executables:
    $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/glibc/bin/ldd
    $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/glibc/bin/ld.so
    $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/glibc/sbin/ldconfig

By default, Homebrew's linker will not search for the system's libraries. If you
want Homebrew to do so, run:

    cp "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/ld.so.conf.d/99-system-ld.so.conf.example" "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/ld.so.conf.d/99-system-ld.so.conf"
    brew postinstall glibc

to append the system libraries to Homebrew's ld search paths. This is risky and
**highly not recommended**, because it may cause linkage to Homebrew libraries
mixed with system libraries.

Homebrew ships patches for: CVE-2024-2961, CVE-2024-33599, CVE-2024-33600, CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33602, CVE-2025-0395, CVE-2025-15281, CVE-2025-5702, CVE-2025-8058, CVE-2026-0861, CVE-2026-0915, CVE-2026-4046, CVE-2026-4437, CVE-2026-4438, CVE-2026-5435, CVE-2026-5450, CVE-2026-5928, CVE-2026-6238.

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