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A friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the administration of Mac applications distributed as binaries.

Homebrew Cask is a -based CLI workflow for the administration of Mac applications distributed as binaries.

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Is there a way to install an older version of IntelliJ with Brew?

I'm looking to install a specific version of IntelliJ using Brew, as one of the add-ons I'm using is not supported in the latest version. Is there a way in Brew to do that?
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Install a previous version of chromedriver with brew

I want to install chromedriver version 79.0.3945.36 with brew. When I try to run brew cask install chromedriver@79.0.3945.36 It fails saying chromedriver@79.0.3945.36 is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.
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Installing Java OpenJDK with HomeBrew: why there are same versions of java on different locations?

Following the posts here and here, I had to have two different versions of Java/OpenJDK installed brew install java brew cask install java now I have openjdk 13.0.2 openjdk 13.0.2 2020-01-14 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 13.0.2+8) OpenJDK…
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brew cask install meld: 'cannot import GTK+': what's wrong with my library?

I tried to install meld on my iMac running OS/X 10.13.1 High Sierra. brew cask install meld and homebrew completed without error, but when I tried to run it I saw $ meld check1ping.sh check2pings.sh frozen: ImportError Cannot import:…
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Ansible task fails, even with ignore_errors

So I'm new to Ansible, but I've been researching, and I can't find any articles that would explain this issue. I've created a role to install brew cask applications, but it keeps 'failing' while running a command to check if the application is…
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The default Caskroom location has moved to /usr/local/Caskroom

When I try to install a new cask a message appears: "The default Caskroom location has moved to /usr/local/Caskroom" How to move the old directory without breaking the links to the new location?
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Where does Homebrew Cask install Applications?

I used Homebrew Cask to install ngrok. The installation went fine. I'm trying to edit ngrok's config.yml file. I can't find it on my mac. It appears that ngrok lives here: /usr/local/Caskroom/ngrok/2.1.3,4VmDzA7iaHb and there is a…
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How to deal with existing installations with Homebrew?

Before installing Homebrew, I had existing installations on my MacBook. For instance, I installed Google Chrome and Node.js as people normally do - by visiting their websites and downloading the .dmg/.pkg files. Whereas, with Homebrew I would have…
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brew linkapps for homebrew casks (automatically create symlink to /Applications folder)

I am using homebrew and homebrew cask to manage my installations on my Mac with OS 10.10.5. After installing an app using "brew cask install", no symlink in the /Applications folder shows up. For apps installed via "brew install", a symlink to…
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Homebrew gets timeouts from github.com

Each time I run brew update I get timeouts for several URLs. It is a different set of URLs everytime I run the command. But accessing the URLs in my web browser is fast and I experience no problems. Here is Homebrew's output: fatal: unable to access…
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What's the difference between homebrew python and caskroom python?

The page Installing Python on Mac OS X suggests that the OS X version is OK for learning but not great for writing real programs; solution - install from Homebrew. I don't think the caskroom existed when they wrote this page though. Basically, I…
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What is the difference between homebrew casks 'dotnet' and 'dotnet-sdk' and formula 'dotnet'

Running brew search dotnet shows the following ❯ brew search dotnet ==> Formulae dotnet dotbot ==> Casks dotnet-preview dotnet-sdk-preview dotnet…
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brew install stuck for hours

My brew install stuck at "/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/touch /tmp/.com.apple.dt.CommandLineTools.installondemand.in-progress" I kept laptop on for almost a day but its not moving forward This script will…
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Switch icu4c version (Homebrew)

When running composer commands I get an error and it seems I have to change the icu4c version. (At the moment I need a composer command to re(install) - composer global require weprovide/valet-plus) However, when I try to change it using the steps…
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Why brew install returns "cask is unavailable" on terminal if homebrew's website shows a different information?

I am trying to install this software called Next browser. There is a page about it on brew.sh. When I run the command displayed on homebrew's webpage on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS terminal: $ brew install --cask next I get the following error…
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