The search for text is extended online to homebrew/core and homebrew/cask. Text is flanked by slashes, it is interpreted as a regular expression. Perform a substring search of cask tokens and formula names for text. Syntaxes which are listed in the SPECIFYING FORMULAE Some command behaviour can be customised with environment variables see the ENVIRONMENT section.įormula is usually the name of the formula to install, but it has other Note that these options should only appear after a command. With -verbose or -debug, many commands print extra debugging information. Tap: directory (and usually Git repository) of formulae, casks and/or external commandsīottle: pre-built keg poured into the cellar/ rack instead of building from upstream sources Essential commandsįor the full command list, see the COMMANDS section. usr/local/CaskroomĮxternal command: brew subcommand defined outside of the Homebrew/brew GitHub repository

usr/local/CellarĬaskroom: directory containing one or more named casks e.g. usr/local)Ĭellar: directory containing one or more named racks e.g. Keg-only: a formula is keg-only if it is not symlinked into Homebrew’s prefix (e.g.

Rack: directory containing one or more versioned kegs e.g. Keg: installation destination directory of a given formula version e.g. Terminologyįormula: Homebrew package definition built from upstream sources.Ĭask: Homebrew package definition that installs macOS native applications. It can also install software to your home directory without requiring sudo. An optional package manager for macOS from Syntaxīrew -version command …ĭidn’t include with macOS.

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