Homebrew

• Homebrew-Cask
  • https://caskroom.github.io/
  • https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/USAGE.md
  • Get Homebrew Cask: brew tap caskroom/cask
  • List available Casks: brew cask search or visit https://caskroom.github.io/search and use * as search string
  • List outdated Casks: brew cask outdated
  • Update Casks (just Casks repo, not Casks themselves): brew update
  • Install app with Cask: brew cask install app-name
  • Upgrade single app with Cask: brew cask reinstall app-name
  • Upgrade all apps with Cask: brew cask upgrade
    • TODO: Test upgrade single app with Cask (thinking this may update all Cask apps): brew cask upgrade app-name
• Maintenance
  • Run three commands below to get Homebrew and formulae 💯
    • Update formulae and Homebrew: brew update (updates brew cask repo also)
    • Upgrade everything: brew upgrade
    • Uninstall old formulae: brew cleanup or brew cleanup <formula>
  • Brew Doctor: brew doctor
• Brew Cask Error: Unknown command: cask
  • Recommended by @adidalal in a GitHub Issue thread:

    • You shouldn't need to tap anything manually, we're now kept up-to-date with Homebrew itself.

    • To make sure/if you have any issues, first try:

brew update; brew cleanup; brew cask cleanup
brew uninstall --force brew-cask; brew update```
- Performing the above steps along with ensuring the Xcode command line tools were installed resolved my Brew Cask issues :)
- sudo xcode-select --install

• Homebrew Formulas
• Search Brew

Commands #

• List Packages: brew list
• Get Package Info brew info package_name
• Pin Package (lock at current version): brew pin package_name
• Uninstall Package: brew uninstall package_name
• Remove cask & prefs: brew cask zap cask_name

Update Homebrew & Packages #

• Update Homebrew: brew update
• Update Packages: brew upgrade

Services #

• List services: brew services list
• Start service: brew services start SERVICE_NAME
• Stop service: brew services start SERVICE_NAME
• Restart service: brew services restart SERVICE_NAME