Package manager for macOS

Brew#

Use brew to install almost everything on macOS. This also handles installing XCode Command Line Tools which lets you use the git which was bundled with the OS (e.g. shouldn’t need to accept XCode license manually).

Installation#

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Caution

Follow the instructions at the end of the script installation! The following is just an example, don’t blindly copy and paste it!

(echo; echo 'eval "\$(${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/brew shellenv)"') >> ${shell_rcfile}
eval "\$(${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/brew shellenv)"

Check that it worked

brew doctor

Useful commands#

Show what you have installed at a top level and excludes their dependencies.

brew leaves

You can also view your installed casks

brew list --cask

Brewfile#

Easily re-install all of the packages you’ve installed with brew on another machine using a Brewfile.

Export your installed dependencies to a Brewfile in the current directory

brew bundle dump

Install your dependencies using an existing Brewfile

brew bundle install

You can overwrite an existing Brewfile by running the following command. This is useful when you already version your Brewfile using git.

brew bundle dump --force

Devbox#

Installation#

Install devbox

curl -fsSL https://get.jetify.com/devbox | bash

Add the init hook.

~/.config/fish/config.fish

devbox global shellenv --init-hook | source

Restart the terminal. This should initiate installing nix.

Usage#

Pull the global config:

devbox global pull git@github.com:phillip-le/devbox-config.git

Push the global config:

devbox global push git@github.com:phillip-le/devbox-config.git