{"id":1643,"date":"2020-09-06T10:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T10:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2023-06-19T07:52:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:52:13","slug":"why-does-installing-jmeter-with-homebrew-gives-invalid-option-with-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/why-does-installing-jmeter-with-homebrew-gives-invalid-option-with-plugins","title":{"rendered":"Why does installing JMeter with Homebrew gives invalid option: &#8211;with-plugins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute read<\/span><\/span><!-- pn-tldr --><h2>Key takeaways<\/h2><ul><li>The with-plugins option was removed when Homebrew dropped formula options.<\/li><li>Install JMeter first, then add plugins with the JMeter Plugins Manager.<\/li><li>Any guide still recommending that flag predates the change.<\/li><\/ul><!-- \/pn-tldr -->\n<p class=\"lead\">Before Homebrew 2.0 it was possible to install JMeter with all the extra plugins by using the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>brew install jmeter --with-plugins<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Homebrew 2.0 the options have been removed so the command from above will show &#8216;<strong>Error: invalid option: &#8211;with-plugins<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to fix<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Install JMeter with:  <code>brew install jmeter<\/code><\/li><li>Install the extra plugins by using the Plugins Manager as detailed in the post: \u201cHow to install extra plugins in JMeter using Plugins Manager\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>[emaillocker id=&#8221;1703&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/coursinator.com\/instructor\/cristian-vazzolla\" class=\"broken_link\">Cristian Vazzolla<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/jmeter-load-testing\">JMeter Cloud Load Testing Tool<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/\">LoadFocus<\/a>, you can upload your Apache JMeter test scripts (.jmx files), run and analyse JMeter results from multiple world locations, everything in a easy to use UI.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[\/emaillocker]<\/p><!-- pn-faq --><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><h3>Why does &#8211;with-plugins fail?<\/h3><p>Because Homebrew removed formula options. The flag worked before Homebrew 2.0 and is simply not accepted now, so the error is expected rather than a broken install.<\/p><h3>How do I get the plugins?<\/h3><p>Install JMeter first, then add them with the JMeter Plugins Manager. It also handles updates, which the old flag never did.<\/p><h3>Why do guides still mention it?<\/h3><p>They predate the change. Any tutorial recommending that flag is old enough that its other advice is worth checking too.<\/p><!-- \/pn-faq --><!-- pn-related-reading --><h2>Related reading<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/how-to-install-jmeter-on-mac\">How to Install JMeter on Mac?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/how-to-install-extra-plugins-in-jmeter-using-the-plugins-manager\">How to Install Plugins using the JMeter Plugin Manager<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/run-apache-jmeter-on-mac\">Run Apache JMeter on Mac<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute read<\/span><\/span>Key takeaways The with-plugins option was removed when Homebrew dropped formula options. Install JMeter first, then add plugins with the JMeter Plugins Manager. Any guide still recommending that flag predates the change. Before Homebrew 2.0 it was possible to install JMeter with all the extra plugins by using the following command: brew install jmeter &#8211;with-plugins&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/why-does-installing-jmeter-with-homebrew-gives-invalid-option-with-plugins\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Why does installing JMeter with Homebrew gives invalid option: &#8211;with-plugins?\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[287,27,58],"class_list":["post-1643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apache-jmeter","category-load-testing","tag-install-jmeter-with-homebrew","tag-jmeter-cloud-testing","tag-jmeter-tools"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587,"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions\/2587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loadfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}