Homebrew

The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux)

Brew Documentation - https://docs.brew.sh

Pre-requisite

First we need to install XCode command line tools, this we can do by opening a terminal and executing below command:

xcode-select --install

Installing Homebrew

We can now install the homebrew by opening a terminal and executing below command:

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

Verifying Homebrew Install

brew doctor

Listing Homebrew Commands

brew commands

Homebrew Help

brew help [COMMAND]

List installed Formulas

brew list

Search for a Formula

brew search tree

Describe a Formula

brew desc tree

Install a Formula

brew install tree

Show Detail Information on a Formula

brew info tree

Show a Installed Formula's Dependencies

brew deps tree

Show the homepage of an Formula

brew home tree

Upgrade a Particular Formula

brew upgrade tree

Uninstall a Formula

brew uninstall tree

Clean Old Formulas

brew cleanup

Search for a Cask

brew cask search visual-studio-code

Installing Desktop/GUI Application

brew cask install visual-studio-code

Uninstalling Desktop/GUI Application

brew cask uninstall visual-studio-code

Update Homebrew Catalog

brew update

Upgrade Homebrew

brew upgrade

Uninstall Homebrew

We can uninstall the homebrew by opening a terminal and executing below command:

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

GUI Search Options

1. Go to the https://brew.sh

1. Put the name of the application you are searching for in the search field, for example here we will write tree, as you type it will search and show results in a pop up

1. Select the name of the application in the pop up for example here we will select tree which will show further details about tree like description, brew command to install it, its homepage, license and version information etc.