How To Install and Use Homebrew on a Mac - macOS Tips
Do you want to learn about Homebrew, aka the missing package manager for macOS? In this step-by-step tutorial, I cover how to install Homebrew on macOS (26 Tahoe in this video) and how to use it to install and manage apps and packages.
Homebrew is a package manager that allows you to install apps or packages that include tools such as CLI programs (htop or python for example) to full macOS applications, such as Firefox, Google Chrome or Visual Studio Code.
It is easy to use and by the end of this tutorial, you will have gained an excellent understanding of how it works and some of it's limitations as well.
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Finally, if you would prefer to follow along in a written format, the below is a link to a blog post that covers the same content as the video.
https://dev.to/dev_neil_a/installing-...
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:14 What is Homebrew?
00:56 Installing Homebrew
02:30 Updating Homebrew
02:49 Searching for Software
03:17 Getting Package Information
04:12 Installing Packages
05:19 List Installed Packages and Casks
05:49 Creating a Bundle File
06:47 Upgrading Packages and Casks
08:16 Clearing the Homebrew Cache
08:48 Uninstalling Packages
09:09 Troubleshooting Homebrew Issues
09:39 Installing from a Bundle File
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