Tap nameĬontains alternate versions of Casks ( e.g. There are a few additional Taps where we store different kinds of Casks. The primary Homebrew Cask Tap includes most of the Casks that a typical user will be interested in. Homebrew automatically taps and keeps Homebrew Cask updated. Updating/Upgrading the Homebrew Cask Tool This behaviour can be overridden by adding -greedy to the command.
#Brew cask update#
Many applications update themselves, so their Casks are ignored by brew outdated and brew upgrade.
#Brew cask install#
You can check for outdated Casks with brew outdated and install the outdated Casks with brew upgrade. Since the Homebrew Cask repository is a Homebrew Tap, you’ll pull down the latest Casks every time you issue the regular Homebrew command brew update. KeepingYouAwake.app (App ) Updating/Upgrading Casks Prevents your computer from going to sleep = > Artifacts usr/local/Caskroom/keepingyouawake/1.5.2 (129B ) Show details about a specific Cask: $ brew info keepingyouawakeĮrror: No available formula with the name "keepingyouawake"įound a cask named "keepingyouawake" instead. Given an installed Cask, brew list -casks lists the staged files. With -full-name the Tap name will also be included, e.g.: purple/monkey/dishwasher for the Cask dishwasher installed from the Tap purple/monkey. List all installed Casks: $ brew list -casks Homebrew Cask comes with bash and zsh completion for the brew command.įish completions can be installed with: $ brew install brew-cask-completion The following aliases and abbreviations are provided for convenience: create -cask - creates a Cask and opens it in an editor.cat - dumps the given Cask to the standard output.audit - verifies installability of Casks.The following commands are for Cask authors: uninstall -zap - try to remove all files associated with a Cask (may include resources shared with other applications).home - opens the homepage of the given Cask or with no arguments, the Homebrew project page.style - checks Cask style using RuboCop.
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Google-chrome google-chrome-beta google-chrome-canary google-chrome-dev Let’s see if there’s a Cask for Google Chrome: $ brew search google-chrome All Homebrew Cask commands begin with brew, which works for both Casks and Formulae. Homebrew Cask is implemented as part of Homebrew.
#Brew cask how to#
How to Use Homebrew Cask Frequently Used Commands