Tuesday, February 3, 2015

More about Homebrew commands to use in Mac!

brew doctor
If you think you need to troubleshoot your Homebrew installation by this the output will tell you what is wrong and generally how to fix it.


brew update 
This updates the versions and availability of packages you could install. You want to run this often to keep your Homebrew installation up to date with the latest available software.

brew upgrade
This will upgrade your installed packages.

brew search [insert search term here]
This command will search the possible packages so you can find the one you want.

brew install [insert package name here]
This will install a software package onto your system.

brew list
This will list all the packages that are currently installed on your system.

brew info [insert package name here]
Sometimes after you install a package, you get a screen full of information or configuration steps. You can get the information on that.

brew uninstall [insert package name here]
When you want to remove a package you previously installed. You can use this!

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