https://github.com/buildit/homebrew-buildit-setup
Homebrew Tap repo for Buildit setup on new Macs
https://github.com/buildit/homebrew-buildit-setup
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Homebrew Tap repo for Buildit setup on new Macs
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/buildit/homebrew-buildit-setup
- Owner: buildit
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-11-06T11:55:33.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-04-15T13:01:34.000Z (about 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-04T23:31:37.236Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: homebrew, homebrew-cask, homebrew-tap
- Language: Ruby
- Size: 13.7 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 13
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Homebrew Buildit Setup
This [Tap](https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/How-to-Create-and-Maintain-a-Tap.md)
is intended to provide an easier way to configure new Macs (i.e. a Mac that has just had its OS fresh installed)
instead of following multiple Confluence steps.
## Context
Initially it was intended to be using brew [Formula](https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Formula-Cookbook.md)
to accomplish this task, but Formulas seems to have a limitation in regards to dependencies:
a Formula can't depend on a [Cask](https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/USAGE.md).
For this reason, the approach was changed to use Casks instead of Formulas.
Currently, all the setup is done using existing Formulas or Casks, so the Casks provided here does not install
any Mac App by itself as is expected of Brew Casks, instead it relies on a list of dependencies
for other Formulas and Casks to make sure that everything that is needed is indeed installed on the Mac.
## How to use
First it is necessary to install Homebrew. Information on how this can be done can be found [here](https://brew.sh/)
To make use of these Casks, is is needed to add the Buildit Tap to your local Homebrew.
This can be done with the following command:
```
brew tap buildit/homebrew-buildit-setup
```
After this, your Homebrew will be configured to "see" the Buildit tap with all its available Formulas and Casks.
Also, it will be updated/upgraded with the usual ``home brew update / upgrade`` commands.
## What is available
#### Build Base Tools
This Cask is intended to install the base tools, not making a differentiation on programming
languages/environments.
###### Installation
```
brew cask install buildit-base-tools
```
###### Contents
The following Casks and Formulas will be installed together with this Cask:
* Git (Formula)
* Bash Completion (Formula)
* Python (Formula)
* Ansible (Formula)
* Terraform (Formula)
* AWS CLI (Formula)
* Packer (Formula)
* Docker (Formula)
* Dropbox (Cask)
* Google Chrome (Cask)
* Firefox (Cask)
* Atom (Cask)
* Skype (Cask)
* Slack (Cask)
* Tunnelblick (Cask)
* Vagrant (Cask)
* Chromedriver (Cask)
#### Buildit Java Based Tools
This Cask is intended to install the Java based tools/environments.
---
###### Note
Unfortunately there is a chicken-and-egg situation for this Cask.
Maven, Gradle and Tomcat Formulas require that a Java 1.7+ is already installed in the system. Even though this Cask list the Java dependencies,
these are not taken into consideration (i.e. installed) before all Formula dependencies are solved.
So to solve this problem it is necessary to install any java version using brew manually before the installation of this Cask i.e. ``brew cask install java``
---
###### Requisites:
As this Cask will install different versions of JDK, it is necessary to add a new Tap to Homebrew, to make
versions that are not the latest ones available:
```
brew tap caskroom/versions
```
###### Installation
After including the versions Tap, the *buildit-java-based-tools* Cask can be installed using the command:
```
brew cask install buildit-java-based-tools
```
###### Contents
The following Casks and Formulas will be installed:
* Maven (Formula)
* Gradle (Formula)
* Tomcat (Formula)
* Java 9 (Cask)
* Java 8 (Cask)
* Java 7 (Cask) - using [Azul Systems](https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/) JDK, as Oracle one is not available as a Cask anymore.
More info [here](https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-versions/pull/3914).
## Installation limitations
It is important to note that if any of the above Casks have already been installed outside of Homebrew environment,
it will break the installation (default behaviour for any Cask).
The information about manual steps needed is displayed as Homebrew *Caveats*. Unfortunately this information
is shown before the installation, so if there is the need to check what needs to configure after the installation finishes,
just run the commands below accordingly:
```
brew cask info buildit-base-tools
brew cask info buildit-java-based-tools
```
## Contributing
If you are interested in contributing to this project, please:
* Fork this repo;
* make your changes;
* submit a PR.
We will try to review and give feedback as quickly as possible.