Homebrew

Homebrew (2009) 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.

• Homebrew installation

Basic Usage

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

• brew update
• Install wget software:
  • brew install wget
  • brew install postgres@12
• 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
• brew doctor
• brew services
• brew test
• brew --help

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• brew outdated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: brew update && brew upgrade

To autoupdate your brew software, you can use

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

• Disk usage: /Users/*/brew/

Related

• pkgutil
• lsbom List the contents of an installer's bom (bill of materials) file
• Max Howell
• Google Analytics: brew analytics off
• Ansible: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/homebrew_module.html

See also

• brew: update | upgrade | autoupdate | install | uninstall | services | list, cask | cleanup | doctor | test | link | unlink | changelog | tap | info | search | install --cask | analytics off | --prefix | --version | brew --help ]

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/101090/list-of-all-packages-installed-using-homebrew

https://ss64.com/osx/lsbom.html