Ana Sayfa
en

What is Homebrew? How is it Installed? How is it Used?

What is Homebrew? How is it Installed? How is it Used?

What is Homebrew?

 Homebrew is a package management application that was first released for the Mac OS operating system and later received support for Linux operating systems as well. 

With Homebrew, you can easily download, update, and remove applications and packages on your computer.

With the Homebrew 3.0 update, Apple M1 Chip support has also been added, so you can use it on all current Mac OS devices.

How to Install Homebrew

To install Homebrew, simply enter the code below into the terminal on a Mac OS or Linux operating system.

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

The code will automatically handle the installation, and you don't need to do any extra installation procedures.

If you want a detailed installation, you can check the installation documentation on the official website.

Homebrew -> Installation Documentation

Checking Installed Homebrew Version

brew -v

If you run this command, it will show you the current Homebrew version, so you can learn the installed version and verify the installation.

Homebrew Doctor

brew doctor

If you think your Homebrew version is not working properly or if you encounter an error message, you can repair it with this command.

Disabling Analytics

You can run the following code to learn about your personal data sharing status.

brew analytics

If you do not want your personal download and similar data to be shared with Homebrew, you can disable it with the code below.

brew analytics off

How to Use Homebrew?

Using Homebrew is very easy and it will greatly simplify your package installation tasks.
It is almost the same as "pip," which is familiar to those who have used Python before; you just need to enter the name of the package you want to download in the terminal. 
Let's see how to install and remove packages.

Searching for Homebrew Packages

To see if the package you are looking for exists in Homebrew 
brew search package_name
you can search on Homebrew with this command, and in the part where it says "package_name", you enter the name of the package you are looking for, and Homebrew will list all packages containing "package_name".

If we wanted to search for a package called wget, we would do it like this.
brew search wget

Listing Installed Homebrew Packages

If you want to see the packages you've previously installed in Homebrew, just use the list command.
brew list 
brew cask list

Homebrew Package Installation

To install a package with Homebrew 
brew install package_name
You just need to use this command, and in the part where it says "package_name", you need to enter the name of the package you want to install.

If we wanted to install the package called wget, we would do it like this.
  brew install wget

Updating Homebrew and Packages

If you want to update Homebrew and your installed packages, just run the commands below.
brew update
brew update && brew upgrade

Homebrew Package Removal

If you want to remove a package you installed with Homebrew
brew uninstall package_name
You just need to enter this command and fill in the "package_name" part with the name of the package you want to remove.

If we want to remove the package called wget, all we have to do is
brew uninstall wget

Reinstalling a Homebrew Package

You can reconfigure or reinstall packages you have previously installed with Homebrew.
For reconfiguration
brew reinstall package_name

In the code above, it is sufficient to enter the name of the package you want to reinstall into the "package_name" part.

If we want to reinstall the wget package

brew reinstall wget

Yes folks, this article ends here. You can ask me anything you're curious about regarding Homebrew in the comment section below.

Also, for more detailed information about Homebrew, you can check here.

Yorum Gönder