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• brew outdated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: brew update && brew upgrade

To autoupdate your brew software, you can use

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

Related commands

pkgutil

See also

• macOS: macOS versions, iTerm2, Homebrew, FileVault, System Integrity Protection, dscacheutil, networksetup, XNU kernel, APFS, diskutil, mdfind, Keychain Access, Growl, Activity Monitor, sidecar, macOS FHS, Apple Notification Center, sw_vers, Spotlight, pbcopy, MacOS application firewall, Applesimutils, Automatic login, security (command), codesign, spctl, Alfred, Xcode, system_profiler, log show, MacOS Preview, Rectangle app, Finder, macOS: Shortcuts, SEP, osascript, macOS profile, UTM, softwareupdate, systemsetup, pmset , macOS tips, macOS Dock, Automator, SIP, System Preferences, installer, cryptex, AirPlay, macOs first setup, Universal Control, menu bar, IPSW
• Package managers: dpkg, APT, RPM, YUM, DNF, homebrew, pkgutil, opkg, Helm, pkg and snap, npm, Aptitude, alien, Conan, CRAN, Chocolatey, NuGet, PackageKit, Wajig, pacman, PIP, Apache Ivy, List packages, List files in packages, Spack
• lsbom List the contents of an installer's bom (bill of materials) file

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