Homebrew package manager

1. Homebrew ‫افزار‬ ‫نرم‬ ‫بررسی‬
‫مدرس‬ ‫تربیت‬ ‫دانشگاه‬ ‫ابری‬ ‫رایانش‬ ‫درس‬ ‫کالسی‬ ‫ارائه‬
‫دهنده‬ ‫ارائه‬
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‫اصغری‬ ‫محمدصادق‬
‫درس‬ ‫استاد‬
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‫نوگورانی‬ ‫دری‬ ‫صادق‬ ‫دکتر‬
‫دوم‬ ‫نیمسال‬
1400
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30
‫خرداد‬
1401

2. What is Homebrew?
• Open source package manager software
• Simplifies installing apps on macOS ( and linux)
• Developed by : Max Howell
• Initial release : May 2009
• Stable release : June 2022
• Written in : Ruby

3. Package managers
• Set of tools
• automate the process of:
• installing, upgrading, configuring
• and removing programs
• Examples :
• npm and yarn (nodejs)
• steam(windows)
• rpm(redhat)
• conda and pip (python)

4. Homebrew Description
• Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way
to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include
with macOS
• It can also install software not packaged for
your Linux distribution to your home directory
without requiring sudo

5. Some Terminology
• Formula : each package is called
formula
• Cask : an extension to brew that allows
management of graphical GUI
applications
• Cellar : A place where homebrew
installs things
• Keg: installation destination directory
of a given formula version
• Bottle :Bottles are Homebrew's binary
packages. They are produced by
installing a formula
• Tap : directory of formula and cask

6. Essential Commands
• install formula : install a formula
• uninstall formula : uninstalls
formula
• list : List all installed formulae
• Formulae : List all locally installable
formulae including short names

7. How to setup
• Step 1 : install dependencies :
• gcc compiler, git, curl and procps( used for monitoring system process)
 sudo apt-get install build-essential procps curl file git
• Step 2 : install Homebrew:
 /bin/bash -c "$(curl –fsSL
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)“
• Add to path variable
 echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
 eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)“
• Step 3 : verify installation
 brew doctor
 Will tell you if any error
 Brew install hello
 Double check for installation error by installing the sample project hello!

8. Using brew command for installing, removing and
managing packages
• To install a package with brew, use the install option:
 brew install package_name
• To remove a brew package, you can use either remove or uninstall option. both
works the same.
 brew remove package_name
• list the installed brew packages with this command:
 brew list
• remove the unneeded dependencies with the autoremove option:
 brew autoremove

9. References
• https://brew.sh/
• https://itsfoss.com/homebrew-linux/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_package_management_syste
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