#6 - Manage osx apps with brew and brew cask
Brew
Kickstart
Brew is a modern, fast and full-featured package manager for OSX.
Brew installation
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Detect current configuration problems
Brew will list any issue and suggestion about how to fix it.
$ brew doctor
Basic usage
Search for software
$ brew search wget
Install software
$ brew install wget
Delete software
$ brew rm wget
Update brew, upgrade formulas, clean older and cache
$ brew update && brew upgrade && brew cleanup
Brew cask
Brew cask is now integrated with Brew. It manages graphical software, by installing it in /opt/Homebrew-cask/Caskroom/
and linking the apps to ~/Applications/
.
More info available here: Homebrew Cask
Search
$ brew cask search slack
Install
$ brew cask install slack
Remove
$ brew cask rm slack
Completely uninstall
$ brew cask zap slack
Clean
$ brew cask cleanup