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Yes, it's in Homebrew:
$ brew cask info inkscape inkscape: 1.0.0 https://inkscape.org/ Not installed From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/inkscape.rb ==> Name Inkscape ==> Artifacts Inkscape.app (App) /usr/local/Caskroom/inkscape/1.0.0/inkscape.wrapper.sh -> inkscape (Binary)
It seems the page used to be the homepage of Homebrew Cask until the domain expired.
Seems if this tool is still relevant it might need to point to the github page instead? https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask
I recommend people to use Homebrew Bundle [1] instead of writing super long brew-install commands.
With Homebrew Bundle you can execute brew bundle dump to create a Brewfile that contains all your Taps (aka. repositories), Formulas, Casks, Mac Apple Store apps (via mas-cli) [3], and even service configurations. This is much better than trying to document each application by hand, especially if the documentation only includes the name of the app and link to the official website, which in my opinion is not very useful compared to real app reviews.
By the way, there is no such thing as a sublim package. I guess you meant to write sublime-text or sublime-merge.
Also, zoomus does not exist anymore. They renamed the package as zoom and removed the old “zoom” program [1] because many people were installing “zoom” thinking it was the Zoom[dot]us, the popular video conferencing application. It was a very stupid decision that caused conflicts in many people’s computers including. Fixing the problem required checking an older version of Homebrew, uninstalling/zapping zoomus, then checking the latest version of the repository, and finally installing zoom.
[1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle
[2] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/93802
[3] https://github.com/mas-cli/mas
I didnt know it was available via brew, huh. But I'm getting this:
$ brew install --cask discord-canary Error: Cask 'discord-canary' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.
I can find it here though. Any clue whats up? And is there benefit to installing it this way over just the regular DMG as linked in the OP?
Here's a list of folders used by Trinity that can be deleted when you uninstall:
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Please can you submit a pull request to brew fixing those two missing things?
- cask file: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/zoomus.rb
- docs: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/tree/master/doc
The -f in the command I gave is --force, meaning that you don't need to have installed Zoom through Homebrew to zap it off your machine.
The platform doesn't instruct users to do that -- it says they can, which they used to be up until seven days ago, apparently (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/47908). The main instructions are for running the installer directly. Apparently the brew approach was eliminated In a deduplication effort.
Thanks for letting us know though -- I'll go fixup the webpage.
Homebrew casks are almost always exactly the same as installing the .dmg from the official website.
Using Syncthing as an example, you can check the source code of the cask, and see that it installs the .dmg file from the official GitHub release, the same URL as the official website uses for the download: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/HEAD/Casks/syncthing.rb
So, if you're comfortable with the command line, using Homebrew is way faster and easier, and does the exact same thing as the official install method. You can also write a simple script to install Homebrew and all (or at least most) of the software you use, so you can get up and running faster after a re-install or after moving to a new Mac.
Okay, Homebrew Cask confuses me from it’s Github page.
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask#readme
It just shows the regular Homebrew formulas, I don’t see how using Cask is any different. What am I missing?
it most likely won't keep your settings. if you want them to be gone, make sure you use a clean profile and also make sure you don't have any override file as it will surely be picked up by librewolf.
also, if you want to clean leftovers this is where you should look
I don't have too much experience with Homebrew, but as far I see, they also allow binary packages called casks: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask
TIL. I had no idea. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/jellyfin.rb
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Also, glad it works!
>brew cask install android-sdk
this one seems to be missing in brew tho ?
edit> its not missing, but does not actually contain aapt
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/android-sdk.rb
Homebrew maintainer here,
> Can anyone just add a package to homebrew?
Yes, as long as they meet the standards here: https://docs.brew.sh/Acceptable-Formulae
> What sort of vetting process is in place (if any)? What stops malware getting in?
If it meets the requirements nothing stops you from submitting open source malware, if people want to install it that's up to them. And we'll probably pull it if it's requested.
> Are brew taps relatively unsafe?
Nothing stops anyone from making a tap that you can use, there's absolutely now threshold for entry there.
I'd like to point out that the cask maintainers (who don't require open source software) do run some sort of virus scanning on their whole database regularly to weed out problems. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/issues/56223
1). Kill your dock. Do it. Go to settings and click “hide dock”. 2). Apps and programs are fun. Here’s the free ones I use:
Homebrew cask - cask is a part of homebrew, a mac native package manager. Cask allows you to download apps through this ui, directly from the developer. It keeps them updated too. There’s videos online if you need help with installation.
Vanilla - simple program that lets you hide unwanted status bar elements. free version does everything you need it to. Mac’s Fan Control - see all the other posts about it
F.lux - I know MacOS has built in night mode, but f.lux has way more options and versatility.
3). Enjoy
Hmm when I run that I get v.92 - I'm far from an expert but when I try to install that it just gives me .92. Any advice?
brew cask info inkscape inkscape: 0.92.2-1 https://inkscape.org/ Not installed From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/inkscape.rb ==> Name Inkscape ==> Artifacts Inkscape.app (App) /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape (Binary)
Edit: nevermind - I read the github .rb file and it seems to default to .92 when on Mojave. Wonder why their release notes say it can use as early as 10.11 but Mojave only lets you use .92
You’ll need to figure out that’s wrong with your homebrew install as here is the wine-devel formula, it was updated 14 hours ago
Considering the error you received when attempting to install wine-crossover said it conflicts with wine-devel, this means you currently have wine-devel cask installed at some point
Here’s a link to wine-devel it was updated two days ago, I’d say something is wrong on your end as I can even install that on my Catalina drive.
Have you tried just swapping out the game files within the old working wrapper?, secondary click and use “show contents” inside it’s just a Wineskin wrapper with a symlink to drive_c open that and the game is lightly installed within “Program Files” inside a sub folder, open said folder, delete everything and place the newer files into that same folder.
To be fair, I want my automated virus scans quarantining anything they think is possible malware. Then put it in a queue to be reviewed. And it was, and it was re-added. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/73127
Just curious, what about homebrew that doesn't fit your needs? I find brew, cask and brew-cask-upgrade lets me accomplish most things I want to do.
I am not sure, but the cask for TexShop shows that the last version available is 4.42. However, if TexShop is installed as a part of another cask, like TeX Live, it is not updated independently: TeX Live is released yearly, the corresponding cask is updated yearly, and the components of TeX Live cannot be updated independently using brew.
I've made a brew cask for it! https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/pull/70036
As soon as brew maintainers merge it, everyone can install it with simple: brew cask install mousefix
Try to install using Homebrew (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-drivers) - the installation actually succeeds in a few minutes rather than an hour.
System prefs panel still doesn't work though, but hey, it's a start.
Whether installing the binary or cask version of R, OP will need to install XQuartz if they want to make use of the X libraries, since X11 isn't included with macOS.
The cask version of R comes with full support--it's the same as if OP went to the cran package and installed the .pkg file. The binary R package from Homebrew, yes, is relatively limited. However, the cask available, installs the R.app, which is the same from the R for Mac OS X CRAN page, here: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/.
If you go to homebrew-cask/r.rb, you can see that the cask installs from the same url as above.
Yep, I've went ahead and tried to export the diagram, but the error is still the same. My guess it's failing to even launch Dia through the launch script.
The Homebrew formulas are really handy, but lots of people seem to have found the same issue, and somehow managed to go through with the simple fix of exporting the environment variable.
Gut feeling tells this is somehow related to X11, and I've tried installing XQuartz both through the cask and the DMG download from the site. Any suggestions?
Awesome idea that I had not thought of. Looked into it and they removed the cask because it's Mac App Store only https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/issues/20024
> Macs are a chic luxury good, not a computer for advanced usage.
How do you mean?
Maybe 'advanced usage' isn't the correct way to describe what I meant. If your average person would look for a new computer to manly browse the internet, why would he consider a Mac? As oppose to a designer or a programmer, which has specific use for the OSX operation system.
> I'm not sure why someone who doesn't use a terminal is going to care about a GUI frontend for a utility primarily for managing command line utilities.
You're correct that Cakebrew providers a GUI interface. For a user who've never used Homebrew but would like to install packages, why dose it matter that Cakebrew uses Homebrew underneath? With Homebrew, you can install packages that contains a GUI as well, so your point in:
> utility primarily for managing command line utilities.
Is partly correct, since any package manager can only provide the packages that it's indexing (and exists.). Homebrew index a large number of packages that has UI's
That's very possible. It's open source and each app has their own config file in Ruby (here's VLC's). You could check each file before running an upgrade. By default, Homebrew refreshes all repos before installing or searching for apps. You can disable that in a config or env variable so it only updates repos when you tell it. If you want to be super safe, you can disable all bundled repos and host your own.