What does `/usr/local/Cellar/` directory contain?
I often found software installed under the directory /usr/local/Cellar/
, such as:
/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.7.6
/usr/local/Cellar/minikube/1.23.2
...
What's the function of /usr/local/Cellar/
directory?
whether is brew
installed softwares is understand it?
Solution 1:
/usr/local/Cellar
is the directory into which Homebrew installs software packages (via brew install ...
). The relevant files are afterwards linked to from /usr/local/bin
etc.
Solution 2:
Homebrew installs software into /usr/local/Cellar
by default and then symlinks it to /usr/local
.
Extensive documentation is available at https://docs.brew.sh/