Homebrew and Cask for Alfred

idea4IT · April 20, 2014

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 · April 21, 2014

Thanks for this

idea4IT · August 12, 2014

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

Edited August 12, 2014 by fniephaus

deanishe · August 16, 2014

Any chance of getting a beer-related icon?

jayphen · August 22, 2014

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

raguay.customct · August 22, 2014

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 · August 24, 2014

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 · August 24, 2014

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 · August 25, 2014

@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 · October 10, 2014

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 · November 22, 2014

Cask is now supported!

smarg19 · November 22, 2014

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 · November 23, 2014

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 · November 24, 2014

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 · November 24, 2014

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 · November 24, 2014

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 · November 24, 2014

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 · November 24, 2014

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 · November 25, 2014

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 · November 25, 2014

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 · November 25, 2014

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 · November 25, 2014

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 · November 25, 2014

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

idea4IT · November 26, 2014

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 · May 11, 2017

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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