Homebrew

Overview

Instead of going to each site and downloading the software individually. We will be installing Homebrew to manage our software installations.

Homebrew is a MacOS Package Manager, it's like the command line version of the App Store. This allows Homebrew to manage and organize your software and versions.

Homebrew Website

Install Homebrew

Check if you have Homebrew installed on your computer. Type/Copy the command below

brew --version

Terminal should print out a version number if Homebrew is installed.

If not continues with the following command.

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

Before moving on, confirm Homebrew is now installed:

brew --version

Commands

Global commands

brew list

brew search yourSearch

brew doctor

brew update

Formulae Commands

Homrebrew Formulae are command line tools and software like git, make, yarn, nvm, etc...

brew install FormulaeName

brew uninstall FormulaeName

brew upgrade FormulaeName

Cask Commands

Homebrew Cask is a way to install GUI macOS applications like Google Chrome, Spotify, Visual Studio Code, etc...

brew cask install caskName

brew cask uninstall caskName