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Q&A How do I safely replace brew on Big Sur?

Brew's deps command might help: brew deps --installed will list out top-level packages and their installed dependencies. Note that some of the top-level packages might be dependencies for other t...

posted 3y ago by CodeFarmer‭  ·  edited 3y ago by CodeFarmer‭

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#4: Post edited by user avatar CodeFarmer‭ · 2021-12-09T19:48:53Z (almost 3 years ago)
Add a bit more discussion
  • Brew's `deps` command might help:
  • `brew deps --installed` will list out top-level packages and their installed dependencies.
  • Example:
  • ```
  • $ brew deps --installed
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl: docbook
  • fontconfig: freetype
  • freetype: libpng
  • ...
  • $
  • ```
  • `brew deps --tree --installed` will do the same but the output will be in a tree display which can be helpful too.
  • ```
  • $ brew deps --tree --installed
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl
  • |_docbook
  • fontconfig
  • |_freetype
  • |_libpng
  • ...
  • $
  • ```
  • Brew's `deps` command might help:
  • `brew deps --installed` will list out top-level packages and their installed dependencies. Note that some of the top-level packages might be dependencies for other top-level packages. Still, if you were to do a fresh install of all of the top-level packages, I think Brew will also install all the dependencies and you should have the same set of packages as before.
  • Example:
  • ```
  • $ brew deps --installed
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl: docbook
  • fontconfig: freetype
  • freetype: libpng
  • ...
  • $
  • ```
  • `brew deps --tree --installed` will do the same but the output will be in a tree display which can be helpful too.
  • ```
  • $ brew deps --tree --installed
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl
  • |_docbook
  • fontconfig
  • |_freetype
  • |_libpng
  • ...
  • $
  • ```
#3: Post edited by user avatar CodeFarmer‭ · 2021-12-08T19:37:21Z (almost 3 years ago)
Add command to examples.
  • Brew's `deps` command might help:
  • `brew deps --installed` will list out top-level packages and their installed dependencies.
  • Example:
  • ```
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl: docbook
  • fontconfig: freetype
  • freetype: libpng
  • ```
  • `brew deps --tree --installed` will do the same but the output will be in a tree display which can be helpful too.
  • ```
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl
  • |_docbook
  • fontconfig
  • |_freetype
  • |_libpng
  • ```
  • Brew's `deps` command might help:
  • `brew deps --installed` will list out top-level packages and their installed dependencies.
  • Example:
  • ```
  • $ brew deps --installed
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl: docbook
  • fontconfig: freetype
  • freetype: libpng
  • ...
  • $
  • ```
  • `brew deps --tree --installed` will do the same but the output will be in a tree display which can be helpful too.
  • ```
  • $ brew deps --tree --installed
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl
  • |_docbook
  • fontconfig
  • |_freetype
  • |_libpng
  • ...
  • $
  • ```
#2: Post edited by user avatar CodeFarmer‭ · 2021-12-07T20:26:07Z (almost 3 years ago)
Reformat code sections with the 3-ticks codefence.
  • Brew's `deps` command might help:
  • `brew deps --installed` will list out top-level packages and their installed dependencies.
  • Example:
  • `/* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl: docbook
  • fontconfig: freetype
  • freetype: libpng
  • `
  • `brew deps --tree --installed` will do the same but the output will be in a tree display which can be helpful too.
  • Brew's `deps` command might help:
  • `brew deps --installed` will list out top-level packages and their installed dependencies.
  • Example:
  • ```
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl: docbook
  • fontconfig: freetype
  • freetype: libpng
  • ```
  • `brew deps --tree --installed` will do the same but the output will be in a tree display which can be helpful too.
  • ```
  • /* Some top-level packages without dependencies */
  • aspell
  • bash
  • docbook
  • /* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.
  • docbook-xsl
  • |_docbook
  • fontconfig
  • |_freetype
  • |_libpng
  • ```
#1: Initial revision by user avatar CodeFarmer‭ · 2021-12-07T20:23:30Z (almost 3 years ago)
Brew's `deps` command might help:

`brew deps --installed` will list out top-level packages and their installed dependencies.

Example:    


`/* Some top-level packages without dependencies */    
aspell
bash
docbook

/* Some top-level packages with dependencies */.  
docbook-xsl: docbook
fontconfig: freetype   
freetype:  libpng
`

`brew deps --tree --installed` will do the same but the output will be in a tree display which can be helpful too.