Software Configuration] Installing a specific version of software using brew

Installing a specific version of software using brew

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brew is a great package management tool for the Mac that makes it easy to download and install all kinds of software, similar to Ubuntu'sapt-get and theyum

stillbrew utilizationgit to manage packages, so the version of the installed packages will be updated as their source repositories are updated

If you need to install an older version of the software, which is relatively troublesome, here's a record of how to do it

Method 1: Direct Installation

Some packages can be installed directly via brew install, such aspython

brew search python@
==> Formulae
[email protected] [email protected] ✔ [email protected]
[email protected] [email protected] ✔ [email protected]

# mounting python 3.10
brew install [email protected]

Method 2: Installation using historical rb files

Use brew info to find the address of its rb file, and then go to GitHub to find the historical version of the rb file

• Download/copy the text locally and install it using this rb file
• Or just install it with the link address of the file

Here's an example of installing hugo 0.136.5

# ferret out hugo text
brew info hugo
==> hugo: stable 0.139.4 (bottled), HEAD
Configurable static site generator
/
Installed
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/hugo/0.136.5 (53 files, 68.8MB) *
  Poured from bottle on 2024-12-11 at 23:27:01
From: /Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/h/
License: Apache-2.0
==> Dependencies
Build: go ✘
==> Options
--HEAD
        Install HEAD version
==> Caveats
zsh completions have been installed to:
  /opt/homebrew/share/zsh/site-functions
==> Analytics
install: 15,963 (30 days), 49,454 (90 days), 203,875 (365 days)
install-on-request: 15,967 (30 days), 49,453 (90 days), 203,857 (365 days)
build-error: 52 (30 days)

call on/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/h/

Find the desired version in history and copy the link address

Then just install it locally

# Download the rb file and install it
wget /Homebrew/homebrew-core/HEAD/Formula/h/
brew install . /Homebrew/homebrew-core/HEAD/Formula/h

# Or just use the link
brew install /Homebrew/homebrew-core/HEAD/Formula/h/

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• 【*】Homebrew install specific version of formula?
• Tools - brew install installs the specified version of software (protobuf for example)

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