MacOS – Removing packages previously installed by Homebrew

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So I uninstalled Homebrew, and didn't remove the packages previously installed by brew. Is there any way to remove these packages? Without brew list returning anything I don't know where to begin with removing them. I stored a list of the packages so I know which ones to look for but don't know where to find them.

Here's the list:

  • autoconf
  • freetype
  • jasper
  • libtasn1
  • mpfr
  • sane-backends
  • automake
  • gcc
  • jpeg
  • libtiff
  • nettle
  • sqlite
  • boost
  • gd
  • kakoune
  • libtool
  • node
  • tmux
  • carthage
  • gdbm
  • libevent
  • libusb
  • openblas
  • tree
  • chromedriver
  • git
  • libgpg-error
  • libusb-compat
  • openssl
  • unixodbc
  • cscope
  • gmp
  • libgphoto2
  • libyaml
  • pkg-config
  • wget
  • elasticsearch
  • gnutls
  • libicns
  • little-cms2
  • pypy3
  • wine
  • elixir
  • httpie
  • libksba
  • makedepend
  • python
  • wxmac
  • erlang
  • hub
  • libmpc
  • micro
  • python3
  • xz
  • fontconfig
  • isl
  • libpng
  • mongodb
  • readline
  • zeromq
  • mercurial

Best Answer

All packages installed by homebrew should be located in /usr/local/Cellar/ I think you can simply remove them from there.