Re: MacOSX home-brew bundle question

[Sebastian]

> Am 25.04.2016 um 01:12 schrieb Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:
> 
>> On Apr 24, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Sebastian <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Am 24.04.2016 um 20:25 schrieb Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:
>>> 
>>> Sebastian,
>>> 
>>> I’m having some difficulty understanding each homebrew install command. In 
>>> particular, why these two commands ....
>>> 
>>> ./brew install homebrew/x11/imake
>>> ./brew install schoeps/homebrew-xfig/transfig
>>> 
>>> … rather than …
>>> 
>>> ./brew install imake
>>> ./brea install transfig
>> 
>> homebrew has various repositories (e.g. science, x11). The syntax above is 
>> short for 'brew tap x11' (add the repository x11) and 'brew install imake' 
>> (from x11). The transfig package is not officially included in homebrew. 
>> However, I found a working formula and forked it. I am planning to make a 
>> pull request for that at homebrew.
> 
> Regarding transfig, does the syntax indicate you’re using a local formula? Or 
> is it an informal solution that will work for me as well?

It will work for you, too. 'schoeps/homebrew-xfig/transfig' means 
'http://github.com/schoeps/homebrew-xfig/transfig.rb'.

Seb.