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92 lines
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# How to Use
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## Getting started
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First ensure you have Homebrew version '0.9' or higher:
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$ brew --version
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0.9.3
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Tap this repository and install the `brew-cask` tool:
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$ brew tap phinze/homebrew-cask
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$ brew install brew-cask
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## Searching for Casks
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Let's see if there's a Cask for Chrome:
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$ brew cask search chrome
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google-chrome
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Listing all available casks can be done with a `search` command with no search term:
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$ brew cask search
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# list of all available casks
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## Installing Casks
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$ brew cask install google-chrome
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==> Downloading https://dl.google.com/chrome/mac/stable/GGRO/googlechrome.dmg
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==> Success! google-chrome installed to /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/google-chrome/stable-channel
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==> Linking Google Chrome.app to /Users/paulh/Applications/Google Chrome.app
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## Inspecting Installed Casks
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List all installed Casks
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$ brew cask list
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adium google-chrome one-password
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Details about a single Cask:
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$ brew cask info caffeine
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caffeine: 1.1.1
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http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/
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Not installed
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https://github.com/phinze/homebrew-cask/commits/master/Casks/caffeine.rb
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## Updating/Upgrading Casks
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Since this repository is a Tap, you'll pull down the latest Casks with a simple
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`brew-update`. When the `brew-cask` tool itself is updated, it will show in
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`brew outdated` and you can upgrade it via the normal Homebrew workflow.
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## Uninstalling Casks
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Easy peasy:
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brew cask uninstall google-chrome
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This will both uninstall and unlink the Cask.
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## Options
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You can set options on the command-line and/or using the `HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS` environment variable, e.g. (again, using google-chrome):
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```bash
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# This probably should happen in your ~/.{ba|z}shrc
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$ export HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS="--appdir=/Applications"
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# Installs app links to /Applications
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$ brew cask install google-chrome
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# Trumps the ENV and installs app links to ~/Applications
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$ brew cask install --appdir="~/Applications" google-chrome
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```
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# Taps
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You can add Casks to your existing (or new) taps: just create a directory named
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`Casks` inside your tap, put your Casks there, and everything will just work.
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# Alfred Integration
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I've been using Casks along with Alfred to great effect. Just add
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`/opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom` as a Search Scope in Alfred's preferences or
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manage the scope addition via `brew cask alfred`. Then applications become
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available in Alfred immediately after a `brew cask install`. Your fingertips
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will thank you.
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Oh, and you can `brew cask install alfred` too! Not bad, eh?
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