Homebrew

A Community-driven package manager for osx.
See also macports .

NOTE:

brew aims to reuse macos-provided libraries, instead of installing own copies. This can cause problems in updates

Documentation

official docs

https://docs.brew.sh/

Install

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Usage

General

brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask  # 
brew install <package>                # 
brew reinstall <package>              # force reinstall
brew uninstall <package>

# list installed packages
brew list
brew cask list

# 
brew update   # update brew index
brew upgrade  # upgrade installed packages

Linking/Unlinking

Packages can be linked/unlinked from the /usr/local prefix.

brew link mysql-client
brew link --force mysql-client  # force link brew-kegs (bundled with deps)

brew unlink mysql-client