install

• Apps are installed to /usr/local/Cellar/<app>/<version>

# formula
brew install "neofetch"
brew install "[email protected]"

# cask
brew install --cask "visual-studio-code"

keg-only

• key-only are formulas that has binaries that are already shipped by MacOS (but usually old versions)
• These binaries are not symlinked to the brew folder /opt/homebrew
• You can do that manually though

fish_add_path $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/openjdk@11/bin

Package dependencies

A package that has other packages as dependencies on brew install will install all the required dependencies as "installed on request" If a package is not correctly marked as a "dependency" but "explicitly installed" you can force it to be marked "installed on request" but uninstalling it and reinstalling the parent package the depends on it

brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies xy
brew reinstall ranger