Creating and Using a Personal Homebrew Tap
Follow these steps to create a personal Homebrew tap and use it:
1. Create a new GitHub repository
- The repository name should follow the format
homebrew-<tap>
. - For example, if you want to create a tap named
mytap
, the repository name should behomebrew-mytap
.
2. Add formulae to the tap
- In the repository, create a new file for each formula you want to add.
- The file should be named
<formula>.rb
and contain the Ruby code for the formula. - For example, to add a formula named
myformula
, create a file namedmyformula.rb
.
3. Tap the repository
-
On your local machine, use the
brew tap
command followed by your GitHub username and the tap name:
brew tap <username>/mytap
Replace <username>
with your GitHub username.
4. Install formulae from the tap
You can now install formulae from your tap using the brew install
command followed by the formula name: myformula
Replace myformula
with the name of the formula you want to install.
Please replace <username>
, mytap
, and myformula
with your actual GitHub username, tap name, and formula name respectively. Also, this is a very basic example. Depending on your needs, you might want to add more complex formulae to your tap.
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