homebrew

Homebrew installation on apple silicon, step by step: Open a terminal window (it should be zsh) Run this command: /bin/bash -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)” In my case, installation show me errors, I just installed again, and then show: Installation successful!, and warning: /opt/homebrew/bin is not in your PATH Then create .zshrc on home directory (If … Read more

This is probably the best way as of 11.1.2022: To install a specific version, e.g. postgresql 9.5 you simply run: $ brew install postgresql@9.5 To list the available versions run a search with @: $ brew search postgresql@ ==> Formulae postgresql postgresql@11 postgresql@13 postgresql@9.5 qt-postgresql postgresql@10 postgresql@12 postgresql@9.4 postgresql@9.6 postgrest ==> Casks navicat-for-postgresql DEPRECATED in … Read more

You can search versions using brew search. For example: $ brew search postgresql postgresql ✔ postgresql@9.4 postgresql@9.5

For a software to be “keg-only” means it is installed in /usr/local/Cellar but not linked into places like /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, etc. That means other software that depends on it has to be compiled with specific instructions to use the files in /usr/local/Cellar. That’s done automatically by brew install when a formula specifies keg-only dependencies. Formulas … Read more

brew upgrade will upgrade all installed packages. If you need to maintain a specific version of any binary, consider using @thanh-hải’s answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38464247/868724 I just got this error. I ran brew upgrade and then brew update again and the problem seemed to resolve itself. Alternatively, try just running brew update again as suggested by @ashley-willis.

You need to do the following: cd $(brew –prefix) rm Library/Formula/argp-standalone.rb rm Library/Formula/cocot.rb And then do the git fetch origin git reset –hard origin/master brew update Basically, to explain a bit more: cd $(brew –prefix) tells cd to change the directory to whatever brew –prefix will output. If you try executing brew –prefix command you … Read more

Per homebrew code on github, this shows all apps that can be updated: brew outdated brew help does not list the command, but it is documented in man brew.

Homebrew-Cask is an extension to Homebrew to install GUI applications such as Google Chrome or Atom. It started independently but its maintainers now work closely with Homebrew’s core team. Homebrew calls its package definition files “formulae” (British plural for “formula”). Homebrew-Cask calls them “casks”. A cask, just like a formula, is a file written in a Ruby-based … Read more