Runs brew search for the given arguments, allows you to select a package from the search with fzf, installs the package with brew install.
source brew_fzf_install.zsh Source this script in your .zshrc (you may or may not need modifications to use this with bash or other shells, I don't know)
| # Interactive brew search and install function | |
| # Dependencies: homebrew , fzf | |
| brew_fzf_install() { | |
| # Check if arguments are provided | |
| if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then | |
| echo "Usage: brew_fzf_install <search_terms>" | |
| echo "Example: brew_fzf_install python git" | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Check if brew is installed | |
| if ! command -v brew &> /dev/null; then | |
| echo "Error: Homebrew is not installed or not in PATH" | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Check if fzf is installed | |
| if ! command -v fzf &> /dev/null; then | |
| echo "Error: fzf is not installed. Install it with: brew install fzf" | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Pass all arguments to brew search and pipe to fzf | |
| local selected_package | |
| selected_package=$(brew search "$@" | fzf \ | |
| --prompt="Select package to install: " \ | |
| --height=40% \ | |
| --border \ | |
| --preview='brew info {}' \ | |
| --preview-window=right:60%:wrap) | |
| # Check if a package was selected | |
| if [[ -n "$selected_package" ]]; then | |
| echo "Installing: $selected_package" | |
| brew install "$selected_package" | |
| else | |
| echo "No package selected. Installation cancelled." | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| # Alias for easier usage | |
| alias brewf='brew_fzf_install' |