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Re: MacOSX home-brew bundle question
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: MacOSX home-brew bundle question |
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Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:29:15 -0400 |
> On Apr 25, 2016, at 2:44 AM, Sebastian <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Am 25.04.2016 um 01:12 schrieb Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:
>>
>>> On Apr 24, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Sebastian <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 24.04.2016 um 20:25 schrieb Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:
>>>>
>>>> Sebastian,
>>>>
>>>> I’m having some difficulty understanding each homebrew install command. In
>>>> particular, why these two commands ....
>>>>
>>>> ./brew install homebrew/x11/imake
>>>> ./brew install schoeps/homebrew-xfig/transfig
>>>>
>>>> … rather than …
>>>>
>>>> ./brew install imake
>>>> ./brea install transfig
>>>
>>> homebrew has various repositories (e.g. science, x11). The syntax above is
>>> short for 'brew tap x11' (add the repository x11) and 'brew install imake'
>>> (from x11). The transfig package is not officially included in homebrew.
>>> However, I found a working formula and forked it. I am planning to make a
>>> pull request for that at homebrew.
>>
>> Regarding transfig, does the syntax indicate you’re using a local formula?
>> Or is it an informal solution that will work for me as well?
>
> It will work for you, too. 'schoeps/homebrew-xfig/transfig' means
> 'http://github.com/schoeps/homebrew-xfig/transfig.rb'.
>
> Seb.
I didn’t realize that Homebrew was able to use non-formal formulas. That is a
very cool feature!
Ben