Can't install xdebug on Mac with Homebrew

Question

I\'m kind of new to using Homebrew, but I love it. It\'s so easy. I\'m trying install Xdebug. Some of the posts on the web say to do this:

brew install xd         


        

Answer 1

If you get this error after adding the tap and installing:

$ brew install "josegonzalez/php/php55"
==> Installing php55 from josegonzalez/php
Error: Formulae found in multiple taps: 
 * homebrew/php/php53
 * josegonzalez/php/php53

Please use the fully-qualified name e.g. homebrew/php/php53 to refer the formula.

it is because josegonzalez/php has been moved to homebrew-php/php recently, so you will face the previous error.

The idea is pretty simple, remove the old deprecated repo josegonzalez/php

brew untap josegonzalez/php
brew tap --repair
brew update

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