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 Solidity compiler [0.4.15](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/releases/tag/v0.4.15) is required and needs to be in $PATH.
 Detailed [installation instructions for various platforms](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/develop/installing-solidity.html) can be found in the official Solidity documentation.
 
+```
+brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/de1da16f7972a899fc8dd1f3f04299eced6f4312/solidity.rb
+brew pin solidity
+```
+
 ### web3j
 
 Web3j [2.3.0](https://github.com/web3j/web3j/releases/tag/v2.3.0) is required and the command line tools need to be in $PATH.
 Installation instructions for the command line tools can be found in the [Web3j Command Line Tools documentation](https://docs.web3j.io/command_line.html).
 
+```
+brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/web3j/homebrew-web3j/881cf369b551a5f2557bd8fb02fa8b7b970256ca/web3j.rb
+brew pin web3j
+```
 
 ## Running