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authorMike McQuaid2017-07-13 21:22:55 +0100
committerGitHub2017-07-13 21:22:55 +0100
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Merge pull request #2876 from VonUniGE/patch-1
Update documentation of brew install syntax to match its actual behav…
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@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ With `--verbose` or `-v`, many commands print extra debugging information. Note
See the docs for examples of using the JSON output:
<http://docs.brew.sh/Querying-Brew.html>
- * `install` [`--debug`] [`--env=`(`std`|`super`)] [`--ignore-dependencies`|`--only-dependencies`] [`--cc=``compiler`] [`--build-from-source`|`--force-bottle`] [`--devel`|`--HEAD`] [`--keep-tmp`] [`--build-bottle`] `formula`:
+ * `install` [`--debug`] [`--env=`(`std`|`super`)] [`--ignore-dependencies`|`--only-dependencies`] [`--cc=``compiler`] [`--build-from-source`|`--force-bottle`] [`--devel`|`--HEAD`] [`--keep-tmp`] [`--build-bottle`] `formula` [`options` ...]:
Install `formula`.
`formula` is usually the name of the formula to install, but it can be specified
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ With `--verbose` or `-v`, many commands print extra debugging information. Note
If `--build-bottle` is passed, prepare the formula for eventual bottling
during installation.
+ Installation options specific to `formula` may be appended to the command,
+ and can be listed with `brew options` `formula`.
+
* `install` `--interactive` [`--git`] `formula`:
If `--interactive` (or `-i`) is passed, download and patch `formula`, then
open a shell. This allows the user to run `./configure --help` and