Manual installation on macOS

If you want to install the Bicep CLI on macOS, you can use Homebrew, as you saw before, or via Bash scripts.

Installing Bicep via Homebrew

To install the Bicep CLI using Homebrew, simply run the following commands:

# Add the tap for bicep
brew tap azure/bicep
# Install the tool
brew install bicep

If you face any issues during installation, you can refer to the common issues on their GitHub repository at https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues.

Installing Bicep via Bash

Finally, to install the Bicep CLI on macOS using Bash, you can use the following script:

# Fetch the latest Bicep CLI binary
curl -Lo bicep https://github.com/Azure/bicep/releases/latest/download/bicep-osx-x64
# Mark it as executable
chmod +x ./bicep
# Add Gatekeeper exception (requires admin)
sudo spctl --add ./bicep
# Add bicep to your PATH (requires admin)
sudo mv ./bicep /usr/local/bin/bicep
# Verify you can now access the 'bicep' command
bicep --help...