Brew

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In this post, I list some of the important Brew commands

Global commands

brew outdated  # shows outdated packages

brew doctor	 # Diagnose brew issues

brew update     # update brew and cask

brew upgrade     # update all outdated packages

brew list	# List installed

brew outdated	# What’s due for upgrades?

brew deps --tree --installed  # Display the dependency tree

All the cask files are located at /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask/Casks

Open the one you want to chagne and modify the “version” ans “sha256”

Uninstall the unwanted package and install again

brew install git	# Install a package

brew uninstall git	# Remove/Uninstall a package

brew upgrade git	# Upgrade a package

brew unlink git 	# Unlink

brew link git	# Link

brew switch git 2.5.0	# Change versions

brew list --versions git	# See what versions you have

brew info git	# List versions, caveats, etc

brew cleanup git	# Remove old versions

brew edit git	# Edit this formula

brew cat git	# Print this formula

brew home git	# Open homepage

brew search git	# Search for formulas

brew install --cask virtualbox # cask install package

brew uninstall --cask virtualbox # cask uninstall package

Source: https://devhints.io/homebrew