Homebrew Cheat Sheet
title: Homebrew date: 2023-04-12 background: bg-[#fbb041] tags: - packages manager - macos categories: - Toolkit intro: This is a quick reference cheat sheet to getting started with homebrew. plugins: - copyCode
Getting Started
Install
If not installed, install Command Line Tools (CLT)
xcode-select --install
Install Homebrew :
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Official Website {.link-arrow}
Commands
brew install git | Install a package |
brew uninstall git | Uninstall a package |
brew upgrade git | Upgrade package |
brew unlink git | Unlink |
brew link git | Link |
brew list --versions git | List the installed versions of package |
Help
Display the version of Homebrew.
brew --version
Print Help Information
brew help
Print Help Info for a brew command
brew help <sub-command>
Check system for potential problems.
brew doctor
Updates
Fetch latest version of homebrew and formula
brew update
Show formulae with an updated version available
brew outdated
Upgrade all outdated and unpinned brews
brew upgrade
Upgrade only the specified brew
brew upgrade <formula>
Prevent the specified formulae from being upgraded
brew pin <formula>
Allow the specified formulae to be upgraded.
brew unpin <formula>
Repositories
List all the current tapped repositories (taps)
brew tap
Tap a formula repository from Github using https for tap https://github.com/user/homebrew-repo
brew tap <user/repo>
Tap a formula repository from the specified URL
brew tap <user/repo> <URL>
Remove the given tap from the repository
brew untap <user/repo>
Cask
Tap the Cask repository from Github.
brew tap homebrew/cask
List all the installed casks .
brew list --cask
Search all known casks based on the substring text.
brew search <text>
Install the given cask.
brew install --cask <cask>
Reinstalls the given Cask
brew reinstall --cask <cask>
Uninstall the given cask.
brew uninstall --cask <cask>
Search, Install, Remove
List all the installed formulae.
brew list
Display all locally available formulae for brewing.
brew search
Perform a substring search of formulae names for brewing.
brew search <text>
Display information about the formula.
brew info <formula>
Install the formula.
brew install <formula>
Uninstall the formula.
brew uninstall <formula>
Cleanup
Remove older versions of installed formulae.
brew cleanup
Remove older versions of specified formula.
brew cleanup <formula>
Display all formula that will be removed (dry run)
brew cleanup -n