Linuxbrew
Linuxbrew is an experimental fork of Homebrew for Linux.
Install
Requirements
Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install build-essential curl git # Or to be safer on a base install sudo apt-get install build-essential curl git m4 ruby texinfo libbz2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev libncurses-dev zlib1g-dev
Fedora / CentOS / Oracle Linux / RHEL
yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' && yum install curl git m4 ruby texinfo bzip2-devel curl-devel expat-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel
Dependencies
- Ruby 1.8.6 or newer
- GCC 4.2 or newer
Clone the repo from GitHub
git clone https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew.git ~/.linuxbrew
Add the following in ~/.bashrc
# set path for Linuxbrew
if [ -d "$HOME/.linuxbrew" ]; then
export PATH=$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.linuxbrew/lib
fi
Usage
brew command
$ brew Example usage: brew [info | home | options ] [FORMULA...] brew install FORMULA... brew uninstall FORMULA... brew search [foo] brew list [FORMULA...] brew update brew upgrade [FORMULA...] Troubleshooting: brew doctor brew install -vd FORMULA brew [--env | --config] Brewing: brew create [URL [--no-fetch]] brew edit [FORMULA...] open https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Formula-Cookbook Further help: man brew brew home
Terminology
Terminology Homebrew speaks
| Name | Description | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Formula | The package description | ~/.linuxbrew/Library/Formula |
| Keg | The installation prefix of a Formula | ~/.linuxbrew/Cellar/tmux/1.8 |
| Cellar | All kegs are installed in here | ~/.linuxbrew/Cellar |
| Tap | An optional repository (git) of Formula | ~/.linuxbrew/Library/Taps |
| Bottle | Pre-built (binary) Keg that can be unpacked | qt-4.8.4.mountain_lion.bottle.1.tar.gz |
NOTE: More general: brew --prefix and brew --repository instead of ~/.linuxbrew (Linuxbrew) or /usr/local (OS X homebrew) but let's KISS.
Example
Install tmux
The Formula takes care of most ependencies, e.g. pkg-config, libevent.
NOTE: see ~/.linuxbrew/Cellar directory for details.
However, it's missing libncurses5-dev package to compile tmux on Ubuntu/Debian. Install the pacakge and run
# Install $ brew install tmux ==> Downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/tmux/tmux/tmux-1.8/tmux Already downloaded: /home/terry/.cache/Homebrew/tmux-1.8.tar.gz ==> Patching patching file osdep-darwin.c patching file utf8.c ==> ./configure --prefix=/home/terry/.linuxbrew/Cellar/tmux/1.8 --sysconfdir=/ho ==> make install ==> Caveats Exmample configurations have been installed to: /home/terry/.linuxbrew/Cellar/tmux/1.8/share/tmux/examples Bash completion has been installed to: /home/terry/.linuxbrew/etc/bash_completion.d ==> Summary /home/terry/.linuxbrew/Cellar/tmux/1.8: 14 files, 736K, built in 10 seconds # tmux 1.8 ;-) $ tmux -V tmux 1.8 $ brew info tmux tmux: stable 1.8, HEAD http://tmux.sourceforge.net /home/terry/.linuxbrew/Cellar/tmux/1.8 (14 files, 736K) * Built from source From: https://github.com//homebrew/commits/master/Library/Formula/tmux.rb ==> Dependencies Build: pkg-config Required: libevent ==> Caveats Exmample configurations have been installed to: /home/terry/.linuxbrew/Cellar/tmux/1.8/share/tmux/examples Bash completion has been installed to: /home/terry/.linuxbrew/etc/bash_completion.d # list installed formula $ brew list libevent pkg-config tmux # use the tmux from linuxbrew resides in $HOME $ which tmux /home/terry/.linuxbrew/bin/tmux
Enoy!
NOTE: Linuxbrew Cache directory ~/.cache/Homebrew
Reference
Linuxbrew https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew
Formula Cookbook https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Formula-Cookbook