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I am trying homebrew for the first time. I used to use macports. In macports, it is quick clear which ports are available, and their versions (http://www.macports.org/ports.php).

Is there any such website / tools in hombrew?

Thanks!

Karan
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You can browse the Formula directory on GitHub. Or type brew search. There is even a website braumeister.org.

Jérôme Mahuet
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  • does homebrew have the latest version, or can you change between the version. For example, looks like brew search ruby installs ruby 1.9.3. Can I install ruby 1.9.2 for example? – Karan Mar 10 '12 at 15:32
  • The formula directory is a git repository so yeah you will be able to do that. Try `brew versions ruby`. Check out this question on Stack Overflow for more informations: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3987683/homebrew-install-specific-version-of-formula – Jérôme Mahuet Mar 10 '12 at 15:36
  • brew versions ruby doesnt work. I get: fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git Would I have to download the git repository? if so, which one is it? the hombrew/libary simply has a list of .rb files ... – Karan Mar 10 '12 at 15:58
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Following Jerome Mahuet's answer, I could not find how to locate various versions of a particular formula.

here is what my problem was:

  • I installed homebrew as instructed on the website
  • This installed the very basics of homebrew, but did not install the .git repository folder
  • As a result, brew versions ruby did not work
  • to fix this, simply type brew update

You can then view the versions via 

brew versions ruby
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