Homebrew and Cask for Alfred

[idea4IT 44]

Hi guys,

 

This workflow lets you easily control Homebrew and Cask with Alfred.

Feel free to give some feedback!

 

GitHub: https://github.com/fniephaus/alfred-homebrew

 

Download-Link: https://github.com/fniephaus/alfred-homebrew/releases/latest

 

Edited November 23, 2014 by fniephaus

[Martin 5]

Thanks for this

[idea4IT 44]

I've fixed some bugs and updated the workflow...and it's now available on packal.org!

Edited August 12, 2014 by fniephaus

[deanishe 1,470]

Any chance of getting a beer-related icon? 

[jayphen 0]

Thanks! It would be cool if you added brew cask support!

[raguay.customct 50]

Thanks! It would be cool if you added brew cask support!

There is a Cask workflow already: http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/3620-manage-homebrew-casks-with-alfred/?hl=cask

[facetheheat 3]

Hi! I've got error, I think the problem in path with name in cyrillic symbols.

>/Users/pavel/Dropbox/Приложения/

 

there are a debug messages from homebrew-for-alfred.alfredworkflow:

 

 

Starting debug for 'Homebrew for Alfred'

[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "brew.py", line 148, in <module>

    wf = Workflow()

  File "/Users/pavel/Dropbox/Приложения/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.08964E06-AFFB-45F2-AA38-CFEC96D9534C/workflow/workflow.py", line 825, in __init__

    self._info_plist = self.workflowfile('info.plist')

  File "/Users/pavel/Dropbox/Приложения/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.08964E06-AFFB-45F2-AA38-CFEC96D9534C/workflow/workflow.py", line 1125, in workflowfile

    return os.path.join(self.workflowdir, filename)

  File "/Users/pavel/Dropbox/Приложения/Alfred/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.08964E06-AFFB-45F2-AA38-CFEC96D9534C/workflow/workflow.py", line 1081, in workflowdir

    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(dirpath, 'info.plist')):

  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 80, in join

    path += '/' + b

UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 21: ordinal not in range(128)

Edited August 24, 2014 by facetheheat

[deanishe 1,470]

This is a bug in the underlying library. See here for details/progress.

 

I'm afraid I had to move the updater to a different branch while I get this fixed, Fabio. Sorry

[idea4IT 44]

@jayphen: I could add cask support if you want everything in one workflow...

 

@deanishe: no worries. I'll update the workflow as soon as this is fixed!

 

Not so sure about a beer-related icon though. I think this one looks good 

[idea4IT 44]

Hi folks,

 

for those of you who have problems with cyrillic symbols or were waiting for cask support, here's v2.0 beta:

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3720321/Homebrew-for-Alfred.alfredworkflow

 

Let me know if you run into any problems!

[idea4IT 44]

Cask is now supported!

[smarg19 34]

There appears to be a file missing. I get this error when running the cask command:

 

[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "cask.py", line 10, in <module>

import cask_refresh

  File "/Users/smargheim/Dropbox/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.A69C6FCF-7BC0-402E-8931-A7344624C51C/cask_refresh.py", line 5, in <module>

from cask_helpers import execute_cask_command

ImportError: No module named cask_helpers

[idea4IT 44]

Thanks for reporting this!

I just pushed v2.1 which should resolve the problem.

 

This is what happens if you delete a .py file but not the compiled .pyc file...my bad!

[smarg19 34]

Unfortunately I'm still having trouble with the cask filter (using version 2.2 from GitHub). When I type cask, I get all the options, but if I select any of the options, Alfred immediately kicks to the default search (this happens with any options, i.e. cask search, cask install, cask list, etc). 

 

Here is the log for two attempts:

[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] Code 0: 20:59:16 workflow.py:2053 DEBUG    Update check not due

20:59:16 workflow.py:1544 DEBUG    Loading cached data from : /Users/smargheim/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-2/Workflow Data/com.fniephaus.homebrew/__workflow_update_status.cpickle

20:59:16 background.py:180 DEBUG    Command arguments cached to [font=courier new,courier,monospace]/Users/smargheim/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-2/Workflow Data/com.fniephaus.homebrew/cask_refresh.argcache[/font]

20:59:16 background.py:184 DEBUG    Calling [u'/usr/bin/python', '/Users/smargheim/Dropbox/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.A69C6FCF-7BC0-402E-8931-A7344624C51C/workflow/background.pyc', 'cask_refresh'] ...

20:59:16 workflow.py:1907 DEBUG    Workflow finished in 0.002 seconds.

20:59:16 workflow.py:1907 DEBUG    Workflow finished in 0.004 seconds.

20:59:16 background.py:189 DEBUG    Executing task [font=courier new,courier,monospace]cask_refresh[/font] in background...

[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] Code 0: 20:59:39 workflow.py:2053 DEBUG    Update check not due

20:59:39 workflow.py:1544 DEBUG    Loading cached data from : /Users/smargheim/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-2/Workflow Data/com.fniephaus.homebrew/__workflow_update_status.cpickle

20:59:39 workflow.py:1544 DEBUG    Loading cached data from : /Users/smargheim/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-2/Workflow Data/com.fniephaus.homebrew/cask_installed.cpickle

20:59:39 background.py:180 DEBUG    Command arguments cached to [font=courier new,courier,monospace]/Users/smargheim/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred-2/Workflow Data/com.fniephaus.homebrew/cask_refresh.argcache[/font]

20:59:39 background.py:184 DEBUG    Calling [u'/usr/bin/python', '/Users/smargheim/Dropbox/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.A69C6FCF-7BC0-402E-8931-A7344624C51C/workflow/background.pyc', 'cask_refresh'] ...

20:59:39 workflow.py:1907 DEBUG    Workflow finished in 0.002 seconds.

20:59:39 workflow.py:1907 DEBUG    Workflow finished in 0.004 seconds.

20:59:39 background.py:189 DEBUG    Executing task [font=courier new,courier,monospace]cask_refresh[/font] in background...

Edited November 24, 2014 by smarg19

[idea4IT 44]

 

Unfortunately I'm still having trouble with the cask filter (using version 2.2 from GitHub). When I type cask, I get all the options, but if I select any of the options, Alfred immediately kicks to the default search (this happens with any options, i.e. cask search, cask install, cask list, etc). 

 

 

Hi smarg19,

 

that's pretty weird and I can't reproduce the problem.

You're supposed to be able to see all casks available when using search, home and install.

And you should only see all installed casks when using list and uninstall.

Edited November 24, 2014 by fniephaus

[smarg19 34]

Hi smarg19,

 

that's pretty weird and I can't reproduce the problem.

You're supposed to be able to see all casks available when using search, home and install.

And you should only see all installed casks when using list and uninstall.

Woops. I recently reset my Air and `cask` isn't installed yet. So that's on me, tho having a check for installation up front would probably provide better debugging.

[deanishe 1,470]

 

True, though. Always a good idea to check the program you need is installed if it isn't standard. Something like this always happens.

 

I remember spending two hours trying to figure out why my iBook wouldn't recognise my new printer when it had already worked perfectly. Finally I remembered I'd installed the drivers on a friend's identical iBook, not my own…

[smarg19 34]

Yeah, one of the downsides to fiddling with my computer so much is that I often loose track of what I've changed and how. That's one of the reasons I like to package things in Alfred workflows. It's all synced thru Dropbox and I know to go to one place for functionality. 

[ired 0]

Hello,

 

thank you for this Workflow. But I can't get "brew list" to work. It shows the fall back "search with google" instead. Thank you.

[idea4IT 44]

Hey guys,

I'm really sorry about that! And it really is bad practice!

I should've thought about this when I decided to make the workflow public.

 

Version 2.4 now checks if brew & cask are installed and should resolve issues with brew uninstall/list as mentioned by ired:

https://github.com/fniephaus/alfred-homebrew/releases/tag/v2.4

[ired 0]

Hey guys,

I'm really sorry about that! And it really is bad practice!

I should've thought about this when I decided to make the workflow public.

 

Version 2.4 now checks if brew & cask are installed and should resolve issues with brew uninstall/list as mentioned by ired:

https://github.com/fniephaus/alfred-homebrew/releases/tag/v2.4

Thank you for your help and quick response. 

[deanishe 1,470]

Hey guys,

I'm really sorry about that! And it really is bad practice!

I should've thought about this when I decided to make the workflow public.

 

Version 2.4 now checks if brew & cask are installed and should resolve issues with brew uninstall/list as mentioned by ired:

https://github.com/fniephaus/alfred-homebrew/releases/tag/v2.4

 

Hey, you mean to tell me the workflow doesn't support automatic updates after all that time we spent on it???

[smarg19 34]

It does. I used it successfully to update to this newest version

[idea4IT 44]

Hey, you mean to tell me the workflow doesn't support automatic updates after all that time we spent on it???

 

No, automatic updates work just fine!

It's bad practice to just assume that a requirement is installed.

[TheDonk 3]

This has stopped working for me recently, after working just fine for a long time. The debugger doesn't really produce much, but Alfred 3 stops responding when I try e.g. Cask Install Firefox.

 

Edit: I updated this workflow recently, which may be the reason for the problems.

Edited May 11, 2017 by TheDonk
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