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PLINK 2.0 is now packaged in Homebrew (brew install plink-ng) #339

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@BenjaminDEMAILLE

FYI, and an offer: PLINK 2.0 is now in Homebrew core, so macOS and Linux users can get it with:

brew install plink-ng

Formula: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/p/plink-ng.rb

A few details that may be relevant to you:

  • It builds from source off the v2.0.0-a.7.x tags via 2.0/build_dynamic, rather than redistributing the cog-genomics binaries.
  • It links the system zstd, zlib and OpenBLAS instead of the vendored copies, so it picks up security updates to those independently.
  • Homebrew's CI builds and publishes prebuilt binaries for arm64/x86_64 macOS and Linux, which is another answer to the permalink request in Request to post release binaries #96.
  • New tags are picked up automatically by Homebrew's autobump, so releases should land without any action on your side.

A formula for the 1.9 line is currently under review as well (Homebrew/homebrew-core#301422), which would make both lines installable side by side.

Happy to send a short install note for the README or the cog-genomics download page if you'd find that useful. Equally happy for this to just be closed as FYI.

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