diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/Tips-N'-Tricks.md b/share/doc/homebrew/Tips-N'-Tricks.md index 5829931d5b..6ebe2cdeed 100644 --- a/share/doc/homebrew/Tips-N'-Tricks.md +++ b/share/doc/homebrew/Tips-N'-Tricks.md @@ -1,20 +1,25 @@ # Tips N' Tricks -## Package versions -The preferred and supported method of installing specific versions of formulae is to use the [Homebrew-versions](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-versions) tap. +## Installing previous versions of formulae + +The preferred and supported method of installing specific versions of +formulae is to use the +[Homebrew-versions](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-versions) +tap. If the version you’re looking for isn’t available, consider [opening a +pull request](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/share/doc/homebrew/How-To-Open-a-Homebrew-Pull-Request-(and-get-it-merged).md)! ### Installing directly from pull-requests You can browse pull requests https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pulls and install through the direct link. For example Python 3.3.0 pull request https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/15199 -```zsh +```sh brew install https://raw.github.com/dsr/homebrew/9b22d42f50fcbc5e52c764448b3ac002bc153bd7/Library/Formula/python3.rb ``` ## Quickly remove something from /usr/local -```bash +```sh brew unlink $FORMULA ``` @@ -22,19 +27,14 @@ This can be useful if a package can't build against the version of something you And of course, you can simply `brew link $FORMULA` again afterwards! - - ## Install into Homebrew without formulas -```bash +```sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/foo/1.2 && make && make install && brew link foo ``` - - ## Command tab-completion - ### Bash Add to your `~/.bashrc` or `~/.bash_profile` (whichever you have configured to run on shell startup): @@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Add to your `~/.bashrc` or `~/.bash_profile` (whichever you have configured to r source $(brew --repository)/Library/Contributions/brew_bash_completion.sh ``` - ### Zsh Run in terminal (may require `sudo`): @@ -52,32 +51,39 @@ ln -s "$(brew --prefix)/Library/Contributions/brew_zsh_completion.zsh" /usr/loca ## Pre-downloading a file for a formula -Sometimes it's faster to download a file via means other than those strategies that are available as part of Homebrew. For example, Erlang provides a Torrent that'll let you download at 4–5× the normal HTTP method. Download the file and drop it in `~/Library/Caches/Homebrew`, but watch the file name. Homebrew downloads files as {{ formula name }}-{{ version }}. In the case of Erlang, this requires renaming the file from otp_src_R13B03 to erlang-R13B03. +Sometimes it's faster to download a file via means other than those +strategies that are available as part of Homebrew. For example, +Erlang provides a torrent that'll let you download at 4–5× the normal +HTTP method. -**New:** -```bash -mv the_tarball `brew --cache formula-name` -``` +Download the file and drop it in `~/Library/Caches/Homebrew`, but +watch the file name. Homebrew downloads files as {{ formula +name }}-{{ version }}. In the case of Erlang, this requires +renaming the file from otp_src_R13B03 to +erlang-R13B03. + +`brew –-cache -s erlang` will print the correct name of the cached +download. This means instead of manually renaming a formula, you can +run `mv the_tarball $(brew --cache -s $FORMULA)`. You can also pre-cache the download by using the command `brew fetch formula` which also displays the SHA1 and SHA256 values. This can be useful for updating formulae to new versions. - - ## Using Homebrew behind a proxy Behind the scenes, Homebrew uses several commands for downloading files (e.g. curl, git, svn). Many of these tools can download via a proxy. It's a common (though not universal) convention for these command-line tools to observe getting the proxy parameters from environment variables (e.g. `http_proxy`). Unfortunately, most tools are inconsistent in their use of these environment parameters (e.g. curl supports `http_proxy`, `HTTPS_PROXY`, `FTP_PROXY`, `GOPHER_PROXY`, `ALL_PROXY`, `NO_PROXY`). -Luckily, for the majority of cases setting `http_proxy` is enough. You can set this environment variable in several ways (search on the internet for details), but the way I prefer is: +Luckily, for the majority of cases setting `http_proxy` is enough. +You can set this environment variable in several ways (search on the +internet for details), including at runtime: -```bash -$ http_proxy=http://: brew install $FORMULA ``` - +http_proxy=http://: brew install $FORMULA +``` ### Proxy Authentication -```bash -$ http_proxy=http://:@: brew install $FORMULA +```sh +http_proxy=http://:@: brew install $FORMULA ``` **NB:** this technique will also work if you prefer to use `sudo` with Homebrew. But as `sudo` clears the environment before executing Homebrew, your proxy settings may get lost. @@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ $ http_proxy=http://: sudo -E brew install $FORMULA ## Installing stuff without the Xcode-CLT -```bash +```sh $ brew sh # or: eval $(brew --env) $ gem install ronn # or c-programs ``` @@ -99,13 +105,13 @@ This imports the brew environment into your existing shell, gem will pick up the ## Install only a formula's dependencies (not the formula) -``` +```sh brew install --only-dependencies $FORMULA ``` -## brew irb +## Interactive Homebrew Shell -```bash +```sh $ brew irb 1.8.7 :001 > Formula.factory("ace").methods - Object.methods => [:install, :path, :homepage, :downloader, :stable, :bottle, :devel, :head, :active_spec, :buildpath, :ensure_specs_set, :url, :version, :specs, :mirrors, :installed?, :explicitly_requested?, :linked_keg, :installed_prefix, :prefix, :rack, :bin, :doc, :include, :info, :lib, :libexec, :man, :man1, :man2, :man3, :man4, :man5, :man6, :man7, :man8, :sbin, :share, :etc, :var, :plist_name, :plist_path, :download_strategy, :cached_download, :caveats, :options, :patches, :keg_only?, :fails_with?, :skip_clean?, :brew, :std_cmake_args, :deps, :external_deps, :recursive_deps, :system, :fetch, :verify_download_integrity, :fails_with_llvm, :fails_with_llvm?, :std_cmake_parameters, :mkdir, :mktemp] @@ -114,7 +120,7 @@ $ brew irb ## Hiding the beer mug emoji when finishing a build -```bash +```sh export HOMEBREW_NO_EMOJI=1 ``` @@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ to hide all emoji. The beer emoji can also be replaced with other character(s): -```bash +```sh export HOMEBREW_INSTALL_BADGE="☕️ 🐸" ```