Homebrew is a package manager for the macOS systems. It is used extensively for the installation of packages required for building software projects. To install Homebrew, locate your macOS terminal and run:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"You will have to wait a few seconds for the download and installation of Homebrew. After installation, check to see whether Homebrew is working properly by running the following command in your terminal:
brew -v
If the current version of Homebrew installed on your computer is printed out in the terminal, Homebrew has been successfully installed on your computer.
After properly installing Homebrew, locate your terminal and execute the following command:
brew install kotlin
Wait for the installation to finish, after which you are ready to compile Kotlin programs with the command-line compiler.