This Git repository is a so called "brew tap" and contains additional formulae and commands for Homebrew, a package manager for macOS and Linux.
Simply use the following command to add and enable this external repository in your local Homebrew installation:
brew tap alexbarton/alex
Now you can use all the regular brew
subcommands like search
, install
,
upgrade
etc. to handle the formulae included here. Please see the brew tap
documentation for details.
The following additional brew
subcommands are provided by this repository:
brew rdeps <installed_formula>
: Show "reverse dependencies" of a formula. The reverse of brew deps
.
brew run
: Combine brew update
, brew outdated
, brew upgrade
and brew cleanup
into one command. And handle pinned formulae accordingly.