Introducing Homebrew

A brief overview of the Homebrew package management system for OS X, given at #codecumbria.

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1. Homebrew Introducing Homebrew The missing package manager for OS X
2. http://schwuk.com @schwuk
3. What is it? • Package management for OS X that works (and doesn’t suck) • Powered by Ruby and Git • Only requires Xcode* • Pretty popular
4. How popular?
5. Why do I need it? • Mac App Store doesn’t carry (much) FLOSS • Not everything is packaged for OS X • Avoid making mistakes when building/ installing manually
6. MTOWTDI • Fink • MacPorts • By hand*
7. Fink • Debian based • Relies on software being packaged • Issues with ‘stable’ and ‘unstable’ lagging behind - just like Debian ;)
8. MacPorts • BSD Ports • Similar issue with versions
9. Homebrew • “Designed” for OS X • Sticks to one standard prefix - /usr/local • Doesn’t duplicate what Apple already provides • Very active user community
10. What’s not-so-good? • Support for running multiple, differing versions of formulas can be difficult • Doesn’t duplicate anything that Apple already provides
11. Getting Started
12. Requirements • An Intel CPU • OS X 10.5 or higher • Xcode or Command Line Tools for Xcode • Java Developer Update 5
13. Install /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl - fksSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/ homebrew/master/Library/ Contributions/install_homebrew.rb)"
14. Update brew update
15. Find... brew search git
16. ...and install brew install git
17. More commands brew info [name] brew uninstall [name] brew upgrade [name] brew cleanup [name]
18. My favourite tipples • bazaar • git • git-flow • mercurial • node • redis • postgresql • mysql • mongodb • macvim • znc • dot
19. What else? • Editing formulae • Creating formulae • Using other “taps”
20. Homebrew • http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ • irc://irc.freenode.net/#machomebrew • homebrew@librelist.com • http://twitter.com/machomebrew