[NFBCS] OSX Questions

[Reece O’Bryan]

so is this the procedure:

1. Brew tap username/file
2. Paste git hub link

Does this actually do the installation or just tap into the repository and then I would need to run another command to install it after adding the repository?
Is there some thing to add to the syntax to have whatever is download it added to the applications folder? I thought I had found something that did this, but cannot seem to find it again.

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On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 1:23 PM, Michael McQuaid <mickmcquaid at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm afraid I may have given bad advice. I can not make that example work at all. I can add it as a tap by saying
>
> brew tap hephaest0s/usbkill https://github.com/hephaest0s/usbkill
>
> but after that my brew setup refuses to recognize it. It does recognize others I have installed. I tried to figure out what they have in common that usbkill does not, but have so far been unsuccessful and have to go back to work now. I'll try to figure out more later but I am doubtful that I'll be able to figure it out.
>
> - Mick
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:44 AM Reece O’Bryan <Reece.obryan at pm.me> wrote:
>
>> here is one for example:
>>
>> https://github.com/hephaest0s/usbkill
>>
>> https://github.com/hephaest0s/usbkill1. So can I essentially just replace, “git clone” with brew install”?
>> Example: brew install https://github.com/hephaest0s/usbkill
>>
>> https://github.com/hephaest0s/usbkill2. From playing around with my experience, it seems as if installing this way doesn’t automatically add a shortcut to the application and the applications folder. Is there something I need to do after installing with brew to be able to access what I downloaded in the applications folder?
>>
>> Many thanks for the help,
>>
>> -Reece
>>
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>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:00 AM, Michael McQuaid <mickmcquaid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Can you give an example of a repo you want to install? I think the first way you described is correct, you can just brew install if it is a github repo. If it is a different source, then you have to add it.
>>>
>>> - Mick
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:35 AM Reece O’Bryan <Reece.obryan at pm.me> wrote:
>>>
>>>> thank you very much for the reply! Brew tab seems to be the key! I’m having a little confusion even though I am reading the documentation on it. It says the following,
>>>>
>>>> If it’s on GitHub, users can install any of your formulae with brew install user/repo/formula. Homebrew will automatically add yourgithub.com/user/homebrew-repo tap before installing the formula.
>>>>
>>>> From googling around I read that you need to add the repository by having it, but this makes it seem as if you can just, “brew install” followed by the repository and it will automatically do this, is that correct or do I first need to add the repository by tapping it and then running some variant of, “brew install” after it is tabbed?
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>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 9:37 PM, Michael McQuaid <mickmcquaid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think I answered the first question before but here it is again, just in case. You can use "brew tap" to deal with third party repositories and it defaults to github.
>>>>>
>>>>> Question 2: I don't know how to make the screen curtain come on at boot by itself, but there is a third party software that will make it come on at login. It is found at http://manytricks.com/desktopcurtain
>>>>>
>>>>> Not sure about question 3
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding question 4, the only way I can find to open an app in background is through terminal or a script. I can't figure out why yours is opening in background. Sorry.
>>>>>
>>>>> One thing I'm doing in searching for help is prefacing the question with macOS instead of OSX since Apple is now calling it macOS. That seems to bring up more recent help.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Mick
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 8:53 AM Reece O’Bryan via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello, I have some questions for my new MacBook and I’m hoping some of you can help:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. Can I use brew and/or cask to download apps or scripts from GitHub? If so, can brew update them and pull the latest release from GitHub?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. Can I make the screen curtain come on automatically at boot?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3. I’m not sure which key I pressed, but I have hidden some applications that were in my applications folder, how can I add them back and show everything installed in the applications folder? I know that the applications weren’t uninstalled, just hidden, because they can still be opened with Siri.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 4. When opening a document or application it opens in the background behind the window I can currently in. Can I make it so that focus goes to whatever I am opening? I don’t want to have to command tab each and every time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance for any replies,
>>>>>>>
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