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brew install — Install a Homebrew formula or cask. More information: <https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#install-options-

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Problem

How to use the brew install command: Install a Homebrew formula or cask. More information: <https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#install-options-formulacask->.

Solution

brew install — Install a Homebrew formula or cask. More information: <https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage#install-options-formulacask->.

Install a formula/cask:

brew install {{formula|cask}}

Build and install a formula from source (dependencies will still be installed from bottles):

brew install {{[-s|--build-from-source]}} {{formula}}

Download the manifest, print what would be installed but don't actually install anything:

brew install {{[-n|--dry-run]}} {{formula|cask}}

Code Snippets

Install a formula/cask

brew install {{formula|cask}}

Build and install a formula from source (dependencies will still be installed from bottles)

brew install {{[-s|--build-from-source]}} {{formula}}

Download the manifest, print what would be installed but don't actually install anything

brew install {{[-n|--dry-run]}} {{formula|cask}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/brew install

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