1. Install Homebrew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
2. If you want to install the latest version of the software, you can directly use the following command to install the gdb as an example:
brew install gdb
3. If you want to install the old version of the software, you can check the software version currently supported in Homebrew website:
https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/
Such as search gdb, the current can be directly downloaded only version 8.3, for example, that I want to download gdb 8.2.1 version, then it can not be directly downloaded with brew install gdb,
In this case, the following methods needs to be used to install:
(1) found by https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ website gdb, click to go to gdb.rb address on the github: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/ Formula / gdb.rb , click history, of good luck, it can link the old version of the file rb, bad luck, will give a command to make ourselves the following query:
git log master -- Formula/gdb.rb
(2) using whole git clone clone hemebrew-core local
git clone https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core.git
(3) into the homebrew-core directory, execute the above git log master - Formula / gdb.rb order to obtain gdb.rb submission history:
Find gdb submitted 8.2.1 version, re-checkout the local to the corresponding version, as I select the last 8.2.1 version of commitid it appears:
git checkout ada036ff43e82206bd4d940fecb3253a0150395a
Then enter the Formula directory, execute the following command to install gdb 8.2.1 version:
brew install gdb.rb
Finally, look at the installed version of gdb:
