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How do you re-install a package with Homebrew (Mac)?

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Mar 15, 2026193781 views
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Struggling to find good Homebrew documentation (or tutorial)... In the mean time I need to reinstall ImageMagick that was installed with Homebrew ( ) and not sure if I should first or go ahead and over the existing installation?!? what does actually do? is it effectively a uninstall followed by a new install with new parameters?

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brew install imagemagick

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Fix for: How do you re-install a package with Homebrew (Mac)?

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Homebrew now has a command, added February 2013. It simply does an uninstall followed by an install.

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