Installing via homebrew requires manual linking step if Xcodes GUI cask installed
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Description
Steps:
brew install --cask xcodesto install the GUI appbrew install robotsandpencils/made/xcodesto install the CLI
Behaviour:
$ xcodes version
zsh: command not found: xcodes
$ brew link xcodes
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/xcodes/0.17.0... 1 symlinks created.
$ xcodes version
0.17.0
Brew output during install:
$ brew install robotsandpencils/made/xcodes
==> Tapping robotsandpencils/made
Cloning into '/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/robotsandpencils/homebrew-made'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 83, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (36/36), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (20/20), done.
remote: Total 83 (delta 8), reused 32 (delta 7), pack-reused 47
Receiving objects: 100% (83/83), 42.72 KiB | 2.37 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (18/18), done.
Tapped 1 formula (15 files, 71.6KB).
==> Installing xcodes from robotsandpencils/made
==> Downloading https://github.com/RobotsAndPencils/xcodes/releases/download/0.17.0/xcodes-0.17.0.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> Downloading from https://github-releases.githubusercontent.com/171964196/753be900-7841-11eb-9635-36e1bcf2c174?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CS
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring xcodes-0.17.0.mojave.bottle.tar.gz
==> xcodes cask is installed, skipping link.
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/xcodes/0.17.0: 2 files, 8MB
I assume it's the "skipping link" bit that's the issue, maybe because the formula and the cask have the same name?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the installation sequence with brew install --cask xcodes followed by brew install robotsandpencils/made/xcodes, and compare it with the reported brew link xcodes workaround. Inspect the Homebrew formula and cask behavior involved in the install, then verify that xcodes version works without a manual linking step.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, swift
- Domain
- cli, release
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100