HomeBrew Basics

What is HomeBrew]?¶

It is a package manager. It is used to install packages that are NOT provided by Apple. This is an useful utility to install various utilities and port linux projects or develop on MAC.

How to install and uninstall?¶

Its a command-line utility.

Install HomeBrew¶

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

The script installs: /usr/local/bin/brew /usr/local/share/doc/homebrew /usr/local/share/man/man1/brew.1 /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/brew /usr/local/Homebrew

and creates the following directories: /usr/local/bin /usr/local/etc /usr/local/include /usr/local/lib /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/share /usr/local/var /usr/local/opt /usr/local/share/zsh /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions /usr/local/var/homebrew /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked /usr/local/Cellar /usr/local/Caskroom /usr/local/Frameworks

Uninstall HomeBrew¶

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/uninstall.sh)"

HomeBrew keeps all its installation under /usr/local. Read the Documentation for more details.

Basics commands:¶

brew install <>¶

brew uninstall <>¶

brew list¶

brew leaves¶

• importantly, you must know about ** taps (Third party repositories)