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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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Issue creating a Homebrew cask (livecheck unable to find the latest version)

I'm trying to submit a cask for Tentacle Sync Studio but I'm having issues with livecheck being able to find the most recent version. I ran brew audit --new-cask tentacle-sync-studio and received the following error - Version '1.30' differs from ''…
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Not able to install tree using brew

I am unable to install tree command using 'brew install tree'. I am getting the following output: >Updating Homebrew... >fatal: Could not resolve HEAD to a revision >Warning: No available formula or cask with the name "tree". >==> Searching for…
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Cask 'thorn-writing' definition is invalid error which I didn't installed

when I try $ brew search SOME_NAME homebrew returns $ brew search chrome Error: Cask 'thorn-writing' definition is invalid: invalid 'depends_on macos' value: unknown or unsupported macOS version: :mavericks but I did not have thorn-writing…
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Trying to open spark after installation and getting an error: Unable to find any JVMs matching version "1.8"

Description: I installed spark on my MacBook following using Homebrew. I followed the instruction process from: https://www.tutorialkart.com/apache-spark/how-to-install-spark-on-mac-os/. The step by step process included installing Java, followed…
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How to install specific version of brew cask formula with ansible?

How do I install a specific version of a homebrew cask formula with ansible? For example, vagrant 2.2.6 whereas latest available is 2.2.7.
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Can't redirect all homebrew cask outdated output?

I was writing a script to identify which outdated casks to upgrade, since brew cask upgrade doesn't upgrade all casks with a numbered version, and brew cask upgrade --greedy also upgrades those with auto-update. But when I use brew cask outdated…
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Why shows the search of brew duplicates?

I was using the search of brew / homebrew to find the cask "Visual Studio", but the results are all doubled. Why this happend? How can I see only a single hit? brew search --casks vis Result of brew search (image) Update from 2019-05-06 brew…
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Travis task with "brew test-bot" failing over outdated Command Line Tools

I am updating travis-ci tests for homebrew tap and brew test-bot is failing with an error: Warning: A newer Command Line Tools release is available. Update them from Software Update in the App Store. I got the right environment with softwareupdate,…
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How can I use Homebrew to get gitx working on macOS Sierra?

If I would try using the following command to install gitx on macOS Sierra or High Sierra: brew install homebrew/cask/gitx # DOES NOT WORK on Sierra then my attempt to run gitx would result an error like this: objc[41181]: Objective-C garbage…
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Multiple Java Executables on New Machine

TLDR; Why does brew/cask (or maybe even the native installer) install multiple executables for java? System Data: MacOS 10.13 / High Sierra I am setting up a new dev machine and before installing java ran the following command: java and was told…
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brew bundle command takes long time to install upon updating the Brewfile

brew bundle command takes really long time to install updated Brewfile. I have added a sourcetree to Brewfile cask 'sourcetree' and then run the command brew bundle. It took really long time to complete installation. Homebrew version: Homebrew…
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Homebrew cask Calling `brew cask` with the `--caskroom` flag is disabled

When I type $ brew cask in iterm2. I have tired only use brew can work, but use cask then return this error. then Error: Calling `brew cask` with the `--caskroom` flag is disabled! There is no…
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ruby "permission denied" installing/using homebrew cask

My wild bet is that this issue is somehow related to my base osx ruby setup... but as I'm not a ruby-ite, i need some guidance to discover more. A couple days ago i tried to install a brew cask formula (several others were already installed…
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How does homebrew maintainers ensure the authenticity of binaries from each formula?

Since homebrew is community-driven, what will happen if someone submits a malicious formula. Will this get merged into the main repository and end up being installed by everyone else? How can homebrew prevent this?
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Homebrew failing to download autoconf package

I am attempting to install the package autoconf on my mac because I need to use autoreconf to install LHAPDF for some particle collision simulations I am a little confused about why homebrew is failing to install this package. After the…
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