Authors: | Created: 2021-09-02 | Last update: 2022-06-18
Brew Snippets¶
Brew Pinns - Freez and Unfreez Specific Packages¶
This will alow you to pin (freez update) to specific packages to your Homebrew installation and then unfreeze them.
List of packages that you freeze
brew list --pinned
Freeze Version
brew pin <formula>
Unfreeze Version
brew unpin <formula>
Uninstall Brew Package and Dependencies¶
Remove package's dependencies (does not remove package):
brew deps [FORMULA] | xargs brew remove --ignore-dependencies
Remove package:
brew remove [FORMULA]
Reinstall missing libraries:
brew missing | cut -d: -f2 | sort | uniq | xargs brew install