[tor-relays] Continuing To Run A Relay On Mac OS High Sierra Via Homebrew After A New Mac OS Version Is Released

[Spiros Andreou]

Hi Keifer,

You could install linux on the Mac and run the relay there - if you need a GUI then Ubuntu or Elementary are good distributions to run. Ubuntu uses apt for its package manager "under the hood" so once you're up and running installing Tor would be as simple as issuing "apt-get install Tor" from a root terminal. 

Alternatively if you install xcode you will be able to compile Tor from source, which is a little more involved than using homebrew but will allow you to keep up to date. 

You can try Linux in a virtual machine on your Mac to make sure it does what you need it to. 

Good luck! 

On October 4, 2018 6:28:03 AM UTC, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>So I am having a bit of a dilemma, the computer I am running my relay
>on is running Mac OS High Sierra, and despite the fact that Apple
>Support had priorly told me it would be able to run Mojave (via the
>serial number) when I go to install Mojave, I get an error saying
>Mojave “cannot be installed on this computer”. Ugh.
>
>As my relay is running via homebrew, I created a homebrew support
>ticket for this incident, and this was their response.
>
>“Generally homebrew supports only the last 3 releases, which would mean
>you have 2 more years of bottle support at least. It doesn’t mean it’ll
>stop working the day after it ends though. While having an up to date
>system is a good thing, the homebrew packages might very well work for
>years after official support is dropped, you’ll just have to compile
>updates for yourself.”
>
>The official homebrew support ticket can be viewed here:
>https://discourse.brew.sh/t/continued-support-for-certain-processes-on-older-versions-of-mac-os/3119
>
>
>Seeing as they say homebrew supports the last three releases of Mac OS,
>I should be fine for another while. However, they hinted that the main
>thing that is dropped support for is bottles, so I am wondering if
>running the tor relay software via homebrew requires this process? I
>can’t really buy a new computer right now, and that’s the only
>available that isn’t a laptop, so I am trying to find available
>options. Thanks all.

-- 
Spiros Andreou
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