MacOS/Homebrew

Homebrew is a non Apple official free and open-source software package management system that allows the installation of software on Apple's macOS operating system using the command line terminal.

Basic Usage

To install software there are at least 3 commands: brew install, brew cask and brew tap:

• Install wget software:
  • brew install wget
• Uninstall wget software
  • brew uninstall wget
• Install Vagrant GUI software, such as Atom or Google Chrome:
  • brew cask install vagrant
• View info of package: brew info wget
• Create your own package: brew create https://foo.com/bar-1.0.tgz
• Get a list of installed packages (formulae in Homebrew terminology):
  • brew list
  • brew list --versions (to include package versions)
  • brew list PACKAGE_NAME List of file includes in PACKAGE_NAME
  • brew cask list
  • brew bundle
  • brew leaves

Other commands: brew link

Advanced Usage

• Get a list of files installed with package_name: brew list package_name
• Search available packages by name: brew search PACKAGE_NAME_TO_SEARCH
• To autoupdate your software, you can use https://github.com/DomT4/homebrew-autoupdate

Maintenance

Get latest version of brew and package information.

• brew update or brew update -v

Get a list of not up to date packages:

• brew outdated

Upgrade every installed package, see also https://github.com/DomT4/homebrew-autoupdate to autoupdate your software.

• brew upgrade

To autoupdate your brew software, you can use

• homebrew-autoupdate https://github.com/DomT4/homebrew-autoupdate

See also

• wikipedia:Homebrew (package management software)
• Homebrew homepage: https://brew.sh/
• MacOS/pkgutil