Brew
Terminology: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Formula-Cookbook.md#homebrew-terminology
Search formulas: https://formulae.brew.sh
Upgrade:
brew update --debug --verbose
brew outdated
brew upgrade
brew cleanup
Stop certain formulae from being updated: brew pin <formula>
. To allow that formulae to update again do: brew unpin <formula>
.
Install: brew install git
Uninstall: brew uninstall git
List installed: brew list
Doctor: brew doctor
<-- check from time to time!
List top-level formulas (ie formulas that no other formulas depend on): brew leaves
. At man brew
says it "List installed formulae that are not dependencies of another installed formula."
Cask
List of commands: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/USAGE.md
brew install <package>
brew uninstall <package>
brew list --cask
brew outdated --cask
brew upgrade --cask
Services
brew services start postgresql
brew services stop postgresql
brew services restart postgresql
brew services list
If you uninstall the postgresql
then you can remove its links with brew services cleanup
. source
All commands:
cleanup
: Get rid of stale services and unused plistslist
: List all services managed by brew servicesrestart
: Gracefully restart selected servicerun
: Run selected service. Don't start at login (nor boot)start
: Start selected servicestop
: Stop selected service
You can find the commands in /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-services/completions/zsh/_brew_services
.
yarn issues
This should not be necessary anymore since I've unistalled yarn from Brew and installed it with npm (npm install --global yarn
) as recommend at the docs ("It is recommended to install Yarn through the npm package manager").
Fix zsh: command not found: yarn
Run brew doctor
. If you see:
Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar.
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built. Run `brew link` on these:
yarn
Then run brew link yarn
, which may fix the issue. If you then get Error: Could not symlink bin/yarn. Target /usr/local/bin/yarn already exists.
, then follow the instructions or run brew link --overwrite yarn
.
Fix not using the latest yarn version installed by brew
If brew info yarn
gives a different (higher) version than yarn -v
then run brew link --overwrite yarn
. If you then see:
Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/yarn/1.22.4
To relink:
brew unlink yarn && brew link yarn
Then run brew unlink yarn && brew link yarn
. If you then see Error: Could not symlink bin/yarn. Target /usr/local/bin/yarn already exists.
, then follow the instructions or run brew link --overwrite yarn
.