Re: MacOSX home-brew bundle question

[Ben Abbott]

> 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.
> 
> Sebastian

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?

Ben