brew.md

Homebrew

https://brew.sh/

Homebrew is the best package manager for Mac.

The guy who wrote this didn't get hired by Google ffs... who cares about old bubble sort comp-sci bullshit. Seriously.

• Install
• Package Lists
• Package Management
• Info
• Troubleshooting

Install

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

Package Lists

All the packages I use on Mac are stored in the DevOps-Bash-tools repo.

Core build packages and core utils

Desktop Packages - long list of cool & techie packages for Mac

Desktop Casks - major GUI 3rd party apps

Desktop Taps - more 3rd party apps

Package Management

brew install "$package"

brew reinstall "$package"

brew remove "$package"

Info

brew info "$package"

List files for package:

brew ls --verbose "$package"

Troubleshooting

Fix SSL of a package:

brew_fix_openssl_dependencies.sh

Partial port from private Knowledge Base page 2013+