Apple - Is there any way to upgrade brew cask
As of December, 2017, brew cask upgrade
is a thing.
https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/3396
Bash script to upgrade packages
inspired by Pascal answer
#!/usr/bin/env bash
(set -x; brew update;)
(set -x; brew cleanup;)
(set -x; brew cask cleanup;)
red=`tput setaf 1`
green=`tput setaf 2`
reset=`tput sgr0`
casks=( $(brew cask list) )
for cask in ${casks[@]}
do
version=$(brew cask info $cask | sed -n "s/$cask:\ \(.*\)/\1/p")
installed=$(find "/usr/local/Caskroom/$cask" -type d -maxdepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name "$version")
if [[ -z $installed ]]; then
echo "${red}${cask}${reset} requires ${red}update${reset}."
(set -x; brew cask uninstall $cask --force;)
(set -x; brew cask install $cask --force;)
else
echo "${red}${cask}${reset} is ${green}up-to-date${reset}."
fi
done
What it does
- update brew/brew cask, cleanup
- read the casks list
- check the
brew cask info
for the newest version - install new version if available (and removes all old versions!)
source: https://gist.github.com/atais/9c72e469b1cbec35c7c430ce03de2a6b
one liner for impatient:
curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/atais/9c72e469b1cbec35c7c430ce03de2a6b/raw/36808a0544628398f26b48f7a3c7b309872ca2c6/cask_upgrade.sh | bash /dev/stdin
save as /usr/local/bin/cask-upgrade
, so you can run it locally as cask-upgrade
later
homebrew-cask-upgrade
I think this is by far the best solution to upgrade the casks.
source: https://github.com/buo/homebrew-cask-upgrade
Installation & usage
brew tap buo/cask-upgrade
brew update
brew cu
(Optional) Force upgrade outdated apps including the ones marked as latest:
brew cu --all