How to see available options for homebrew formula install?
I'm reading this stack overflow answer
and I just want to know where they learned about the --with-xml2-config option in
brew install libxml2 --with-xml2-config
so that I can verify I really want to use this option myself and so I can better solve problems with homebrew myself in the future.
How can I see a description of this specific option and, more generally, find out all the available options for a formula when using brew install?
I know brew info FORMULA gets me some stuff like that, but brew info libxml2 only lists the options --universal, --without-python, and --HEAD.
For more info, here is another stack overflow question that is similar to this one but different: How can i get more info about a brew formula before installing?
Answer
Use options first to check:
brew options libxml2
If this dose not satisfy you, edit the rb file directly, and do whatever you want to:
brew edit libxml2