As a loyal fan of Linux system, I have used Ubuntu and Centos, apt package management and Yum package management, which are very convenient.
After switching to mac, although Mac has App Store, as a development, I still prefer to use the command line tool.
So found it.
Homebrew
What is Homebrew?
Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with OS X.
Homebrew is a package manager for installing UNIX tools (such as the famous wget) that OS X does not have on Mac.
Homebrew installs all these tools in the /usr/local/Cellar directory, creates symbolic links in /usr/local/bin, and configures the directory in /usr/local/etc.
Install Homebrew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Example usage:
brew search [TEXT|/REGEX/] #Search software
brew info [FORMULA...] #View software information
brew install FORMULA... #Install software
brew options FORMULA... #Display install options specific to formula
brew update #Update brew installable package
brew upgrade [FORMULA...] #Upgrade software
brew uninstall FORMULA... #Uninstall software
brew list [FORMULA...] #View a list of installed software
brew tap [options] user/repo [URL] #List all installed taps when no arguments are passed.
brew services list #List all running services
brew services cleanup #Remove all unused services.
brew services restart FORMULA... #restart formula
More details:
➜ ~ man brew
➜ ~ brew --help
➜ ~ brew services --help
➜ ~ brew tap --help
Use example:
➜ ~ brew install wget
➜ ~ which wget
/usr/local/bin/wget
➜ ~ ll /usr/local/Cellar/wget
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 12 ylspirit staff 384B Apr 19 21:09 1.20.3
What Does Homebrew Do?
See the homebrew website for details.
Homebrew Cask
Homebrew Cask is an extension of Homebrew, with which we can easily install graphical interface programs on macOS, that is, all kinds of common applications.
➜ ~ brew cask --help
Homebrew Cask provides a friendly CLI workflow for the administration
of macOS applications distributed as binaries.
Commands:
audit verifies installability of Casks
cat dump raw source of the given Cask to the standard output
create creates the given Cask and opens it in an editor
doctor checks for configuration issues
edit edits the given Cask
fetch downloads remote application files to local cache
home opens the homepage of the given Cask
info displays information about the given Cask
install installs the given Cask
list with no args, lists installed Casks; given installed Casks, lists staged files
outdated list the outdated installed Casks
reinstall reinstalls the given Cask
style checks Cask style using RuboCop
uninstall uninstalls the given Cask
upgrade upgrades all outdated casks
zap zaps all files associated with the given Cask
See also "man brew-cask"