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Sometimes I see articles saying command of brew tap before brew install something. I am wondering what does tap mean? And why must I run tap before install?
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The brew tap-new command can be used to create a new tap along with some template files. Tap formulae follow the same format as the core's ones, and can be added under either the Formula subdirectory, the HomebrewFormula subdirectory or the repository's root.
brew cask is an extension to brew that allows management of graphical applications through the Cask project. Homebrew Cask extends Homebrew and brings its elegance, simplicity, and speed to OS X applications and large binaries alike. Cask deals with a mixture of software and licences.
The brew tap command You can install and uninstall them with brew [un]install , and the formulae are automatically updated when you run brew update .
The tap command allows Homebrew to tap into another repository of formulae. Once you've done this you've expanded your options of installable software.
These additional Git repos (inside /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps) describe sets of package formulae that are available for installation.
E.g.
brew tap # list tapped repositories brew tap <tapname> # add tap brew untap <tapname> # remove a tap brew tap adds more repos to the list of formulae that brew tracks, updates, and installs from
brew tap <user>/<repo> makes a shallow clone of the repository at https://github.com/user/homebrew-repo. Note that brew tap prefixes the repo name with "homebrew-". After that, brew will be able to work on those formulae as if they were in Homebrew's canonical repository
The full documentation can be found here with all the available options.
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