Homebrew/homebrew-cask on Hacker News

…other package managers for macOS (or Mac OS X as it was called back then) did install in /opt? [1] https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/issues/21913

comment by Fnoord · 2017-01-04 · in Why are developers switching from Mac OS X to Linux?

…also Azul Zulu Homebrew cask available, but last I checked it was a couple of patch version behind. https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/...

comment by hhandoko · 2016-12-23 · in OpenJDK now available for Windows

…new software that's in beta. I've found I've personally added the record to Homebrew Cask in 2013 - https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/commit/429e430a622...

comment by hkdobrev · 2016-12-16 · in Google Web Designer (2013)

…have a few long-standing issues that have gone unaddressed, and fresh eyes are always good!) [0] https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/CONTRI...

comment by adidalal · 2016-09-21 · in Homebrew 1.0.0

…[2]. It is updated and at 2.92 now, also [3]. (I'm one of the maintainers of Homebrew Cask) [1] https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask [2] https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/issues/19504#issue... [3]…

comment by adidalal · 2016-03-06 · in Transmission BitTorrent app contained malware

Inded, see my comment here: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/19508 Installation via brew cask was never at risk thanks to checksum verification, and at anyrate is now updated.

comment by Amorymeltzer · 2016-03-06 · in Transmission BitTorrent app contained malware

…thanks to checksum verification. The caskfile has been updated to https[2] and version 2.92[3]. 1: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/issues/19504#issue... 2: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/19506 3:…

comment by Amorymeltzer · 2016-03-06 · in Transmission BitTorrent app contained malware

…was one of the problems stated in the forum discussion. There's currently an open PR to fix it https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/19506/files .

comment by avendael · 2016-03-06 · in Transmission BitTorrent app contained malware

…possible. Apps that are only available in the App Store aren't usually installable this way. [1] https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask

comment by andystanton · 2016-02-02 · in Quiver: Programmer's Notebook for OS X

I submitted a PR for homebrew's cask once I read about the update. https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/17022

comment by jmsdnns · 2016-01-14 · in Atom text editor 1.4 released

…has a number of shortcomings that are independent of anything to do with Homebrew itself. 1. https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/ 2. https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew

comment by integraton · 2015-12-01 · in Leaving the Mac App Store

Homebrew Cask request: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/issues/13121

comment by kolev · 2015-08-09 · in VPaint: An experimental vector graphics editor

Exactly, the only thing I might add would be homebrew cask ( https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask ) as well to install gui based applications.

comment by hashtree · 2015-05-06 · in Ask HN: What's THE way to setup a OS X dev machine 2015?

…point : http://askubuntu.com/questions/285434/is-there-a-power-savin... [1] http://brew.sh/ [2] https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask

comment by ni-hil · 2015-01-21 · in OS X vs. Linux?

…tried it yet, but I always wanted to start using it with my next clean install/mac purchase. https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask

comment by thirdsun · 2015-01-13 · in What Happens When You Install the Top Download.com Apps

I went ahead and added this to homebrew cask! Here's my PR[0]. Hopefully it will be merged soon. [0]: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/6591

comment by sanderjd · 2014-10-10 · in Rust 0.12.0 released

…because it doesn't use a pkg. It shouldn't be too hard though, to do it from that tar. [0]: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask

comment by sanderjd · 2014-10-09 · in Rust 0.12.0 released

…it. As of the FOSS/Linux stuff you are seeing, these aren't random files, these are mac apps see: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask

comment by pongstr · 2014-10-03 · in Hacker's Guide to Setting Up Your Mac

…workaround. Currently I'm using an alias to clear the old binary and download the new one. [1] [0] https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/issues/309 [1] https://blog.notmyhostna.me/make-calibre-updates-less-annoyi...

comment by dewey · 2014-08-23 · in Announcing Calibre 2.0

…binaries. I checked and a formula for calibre is present. [2] [0]: http://caskroom.io/ [1]: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask [2]: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/...

comment by cooper12 · 2014-08-23 · in Announcing Calibre 2.0

…* brew cask: "«To install, drag this icon...» no more", as they say – https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask * have fun with "say" – https://github.com/andreis/different

comment by ansimionescu · 2014-05-15 · in OS X Command Line Utilities

…any suggestions you have would be more than welcome - feel free to open an issue to discuss! :) [1] https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/issues/1021

comment by phinze · 2014-05-04 · in Osxc – Simple configuration tool for OS X

…I realize I could probably do: `brew cask info firefox`, find the ruby file it points to ( https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/commits/master/Cas... ), open that up, verify the link is trustworthy.. but I don't want to do that for…

comment by rdatajef · 2014-05-04 · in Osxc – Simple configuration tool for OS X

Nice. Now add "brew cask" support ( https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask basically brew for GUI apps) and I could see non-developers using it as well.

comment by tlrobinson · 2014-04-29 · in Cakebrew: The Mac App for Homebrew

…the applications will still attempt to update so it's not managing versions that way either. [0]: https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask/tree/master/Casks [1]: https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask/blob/master/lib/cask...

comment by SmileyKeith · 2014-01-02 · in Homebrew Cask – CLI workflow for the administration of Mac binaries

…only automate the install process which I think would be better then managing their lifecycle. [0]: https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask/blob/master/USAGE.md...

comment by SmileyKeith · 2014-01-02 · in Homebrew Cask – CLI workflow for the administration of Mac binaries

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Homebrew Cask – CLI workflow for the administration of Mac binaries

story by dmmalam · 2014-01-02 · 24 comments

Vagrant 1.4 is now available by Brew Cask https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask/pull/2027 $ brew update $ brew cask install vagrant

comment by fsargent · 2013-12-10 · in Vagrant 1.4

another neat trick: - install brew cask https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask to have homebrew manage other apps: chrome, alfred .. Sadly it seems that many python packages have big issues with overloaded =, which means that brew can't…

comment by bigd · 2013-10-25 · in Installing and setting up OS X Mavericks for Python development

…cask for this so osx homebrew-cask users can check out the project with `brew cask install maratis` https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask/pull/819

comment by phinze · 2013-07-24 · in Maratis – A Portable and Visual Game Development Tool

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Homebrew-cask - install binaries programs ala brew

story by cleverjake · 2012-10-08 · 0 comments

…nicely done. I added a homebrew cask for it so it can be installed via `brew cask install anvil`. https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask/commit/aff3777759dfc...

comment by phinze · 2012-10-06 · in Anvil - a Mac app for Pow