pages tagged homebrew

Installing and configuring mutt

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 19:44:45 +0000

Intro to Mutt

mutt is a text-based mail client for Unix operating systems.

Installing `mutt`

brew install mutt

Installing `getmail`

brew install getmail

Installing and configuring Homebrew

Sun, 02 Jul 2017 02:09:51 +0000

Topics

How to upgrade if Homebrew stuck at an old version?

$ "$(brew --repo)" && git fetch && git reset --hard origin/master && brew update

Installing and configuring GNU command-line utilities

Tue, 16 May 2017 23:59:39 +0000

History

Last content verification: 2017-5-1, macOS 10.12.4, Homebrew 1.2.0.

macOS

If you've installed any of the softwares before, but would like to re-install it, (possibly because you want to make sure it's installed with the options such as --with-default-names, use brew reinstall ... in place of brew install.

GNU core utilities

The GNU Core Utilities (coreutils) contains "the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system."

brew install coreutils

Other GNU utilities

Run the following if not already in the past:

brew tap homebrew/dupes

Install utilities:

brew install binutils
brew install diffutils
brew install ed --with-default-names
# brew install findutils --with-default-names ## This will cause 'brew doctor' to issue warning: "Putting non-prefixed findutils in your path can cause python builds to fail."
brew install findutils
brew install gawk
brew install gnu-indent --with-default-names
brew install gnu-sed --with-default-names
brew install gnu-tar --with-default-names
brew install gnu-which --with-default-names
brew install gnutls
brew install grep --with-default-names
brew install gzip
brew install screen
brew install watch
brew install wdiff --with-gettext
brew install wget
brew install gnupg
brew install gnupg2

The following utilities already exist on macOS, but install the newest version from Homebrew:

brew install bash
brew link --overwrite bash
# brew install emacs
brew install --cocoa --srgb emacs ## 
brew linkapps emacs
brew install gdb  # gdb requires further actions to make it work. See `brew info gdb`.
brew install guile
brew install gpatch
brew install m4
brew install make
brew install nano

macOS has the following non-GNU utilities, but you can install and use a newer version instead of the version shipped by macOS:

brew install file-formula
brew install git
brew install less
brew install openssh
brew install rsync
brew install svn
brew install unzip
brew install vim --override-system-vi
brew install macvim --with-override-system-vim --custom-system-icons
brew link --overwrite macvim
brew linkapps macvim
brew install zsh

Install Perl:

brew tap homebrew/versions
brew install perl518   # must run "brew tap homebrew/versions" first!

Install Python:

brew install python
brew linkapps python
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools

Configuration in `.bashrc`

If installed GNU utilities without using the default names:

brew install ed #--with-default-names
brew install findutils #--with-default-names
brew install gnu-indent #--with-default-names
brew install gnu-sed #--with-default-names
brew install gnu-tar #--with-default-names
brew install gnu-which #--with-default-names
brew install grep #--with-default-names

i.e., installing them without the --with-default-names option, Homebrew will install the formulae with the prefix "g". If you still need to use these commands with their normal names, you can add a "gnubin" directory to your PATH in file ~/.bashrc:

PATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
... # possibly others

Additionally, to make the man pages of the GNU versions of the utilities accessible via their normal names, add the gnuman directory to the MANPATH variable in the file ~/.bashrc:

MANPATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman:$MANPATH"
MANPATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnuman:$MANPATH"
MANPATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnuman:$MANPATH"
... # possibly others

But I recommend installing with the --with-default-names option whenever applicable.

It seems --with-default-names is not applicable to the coreutils package, so

PATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
MANPATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman:$MANPATH"

always need to be applied.

Homebrew "caveats" and post-installation configuration

gdb

gdb requires special privileges to access Mach ports. You will need to codesign the binary. For instructions, see:

http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/BuildingOnDarwin

openssl and certificates

  $ brew install wget
  ==> Installing wget dependency: openssl
  ==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/openssl-1.0.2a-1.yosemite.bottle.1.tar.gz
  ######################################################################## 100.0%
  ==> Pouring openssl-1.0.2a-1.yosemite.bottle.1.tar.gz
  ==> Caveats
  A CA file has been bootstrapped using certificates from the system
  keychain. To add additional certificates, place .pem files in
    /usr/local/etc/openssl/certs

  and run
    /usr/local/opt/openssl/bin/c_rehash

  This formula is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local.

  macOS already provides this software and installing another version in
  parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.

  Apple has deprecated use of OpenSSL in favor of its own TLS and crypto libraries

  Generally there are no consequences of this for you. If you build your
  own software and it requires this formula, you'll need to add to your
  build variables:         
      LDFLAGS:  -L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib
      CPPFLAGS: -I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include
  ==> Summary
  🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2a-1: 463 files, 18M
  ==> Installing wget
  ==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/wget-1.16.3.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
  ######################################################################## 100.0%
  ==> Pouring wget-1.16.3.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
  🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/wget/1.16.3: 9 files, 1.5M
  $

Git

  $ brew install git
  ==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/git-2.4.0.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
  ######################################################################## 100.0%
  ==> Pouring git-2.4.0.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
  ==> Caveats
  The macOS keychain credential helper has been installed to:
    /usr/local/bin/git-credential-osxkeychain

  The "contrib" directory has been installed to:
    /usr/local/share/git-core/contrib

  Bash completion has been installed to:
    /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d

  zsh completion has been installed to:
    /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions
  ==> Summary
  🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.4.0: 1368 files, 31M
  $

sqlite

  $ brew install sqlite
  ==> Installing subversion dependency: sqlite
  ==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/sqlite-3.8.10.1.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
  ######################################################################## 100.0%
  ==> Pouring sqlite-3.8.10.1.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
  ==> Caveats
  This formula is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local.

  macOS already provides this software and installing another version in
  parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.

  macOS provides an older sqlite3.

  Generally there are no consequences of this for you. If you build your
  own software and it requires this formula, you'll need to add to your
  build variables:
      LDFLAGS:  -L/usr/local/opt/sqlite/lib
      CPPFLAGS: -I/usr/local/opt/sqlite/include
  ==> Summary
  🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/sqlite/3.8.10.1: 9 files, 2.8M

`svn`

$ brew install svn
==> Installing subversion
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/subversion-1.8.13.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring subversion-1.8.13.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
svntools have been installed to:
  /usr/local/opt/subversion/libexec

Bash completion has been installed to:
  /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d
==> Summary
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/subversion/1.8.13: 116 files, 9.4M
$

(Ubuntu) Linux

There are only some of the command-line utilities which are not usually already installed:

sudo apt-get install indent
sudo apt-get install gnupg2
sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo pip install --upgrade pip setuptools

References

https://www.topbug.net/blog/2013/04/14/install-and-use-gnu-command-line-tools-in-mac-os-x/

Installing and configuring pkgsrc

Sat, 08 Apr 2017 21:30:47 +0000

Intro to pkgsrc

pkgsrc is a package management system for Unix-like operating systems. It supports OS X. Therefore, it's an viable alternative to Homebrew and Macports, which are the most widely used package management systems on Mac computers. I originally became interested in trying pkgsrc because some softwares I would like to install are not available via Homebrew.

Install, configure, manage pkgsrc and software packages in it

Installing and configuring pkgsrc on macOS (64-bit, version 10.9 or later)

The following is based on https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/install-on-osx/.

Copy and paste the lines below to install the 64-bit 10.9+ set.

  BOOTSTRAP_TAR="bootstrap-trunk-x86_64-20170205.tar.gz"
  BOOTSTRAP_SHA="177e0be390b57ef9d7f61511a8169268000693df"

Download the bootstrap kit to the current directory.

  curl -O https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/packages/Darwin/bootstrap/${BOOTSTRAP_TAR}

Verify the SHA1 checksum.

  echo "${BOOTSTRAP_SHA}  ${BOOTSTRAP_TAR}" >check-shasum
  shasum -c check-shasum

Verify PGP signature. This step is optional, and requires gpg.

  curl -O https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/packages/Darwin/bootstrap/${BOOTSTRAP_TAR}.asc
  gpg --recv-keys 0x1F32A9AD
  gpg --verify ${BOOTSTRAP_TAR}{.asc,}

Install bootstrap kit to /opt/pkg
```
  sudo tar -zxpf ${BOOTSTRAP_TAR} -C /
```
Reload PATH/MANPATH (pkgsrc installs /etc/paths.d/10-pkgsrc for new sessions)
```
  eval $(/usr/libexec/path_helper)
```

Installing pkgsrc on Ubuntu Linux

TODO

Installing softwares

There are three ways of installing softwares using pkgsrc:

The most typical method is to build a software from source files, a.k.a. "bootstrapping";
Another possibly easier method is to install and uninstall pre-built softwares using commands pkg_add and pkg_delete, respectively;
Install softwares using the high-level tool pkgin. It's the facsimile of Ubuntu and Debian Linux's apt-get in pkgsrc.

Use pkgsrc to install softwares

Use pkgsrc to install some softwares that Homebrew can't.

Refresh the pkgin database with the latest version
```
  $ sudo pkgin -y update
```

Search for a package. Regular expressions are supported.

  $ pkgin search "^ffmpeg[0-9]$"
  ffmpeg3-3.0.1   Decoding, encoding and streaming software (v3.x)
  ffmpeg2-2.8.6   Decoding, encoding and streaming software (v2.x)
  ffmpeg1-1.2.12  Decoding, encoding and streaming software (v1.x)

Install a package without prompting
```
  $ sudo pkgin -y install ffmpeg3
```
List all available packages
```
  $ pkgin avail
```
Upgrade all out-of-date packages
```
  $ sudo pkgin -y full-upgrade
```
Remove a package
```
  $ sudo pkgin -y remove ffmpeg2
```
Automatically remove orphaned dependencies
```
  $ sudo pkgin -y autoremove
```

Use pkg_* tools to manage packages

See what packages are installed.
```
  $ pkg_info
```

See what package a file belongs to.

  $ pkg_info -Fe /opt/pkg/bin/node
  nodejs-4.4.3

List the contents of a package.

  $ pkg_info -qL nodejs
  /opt/pkg/bin/node
  /opt/pkg/bin/npm
  [...]

Perform an audit of all currently installed packages.

  $ sudo pkg_admin fetch-pkg-vulnerabilities
  $ pkg_admin audit
  Package jasper-1.900.1nb11 has a integer-overflow vulnerability, see http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3520
  Package samba-3.6.25nb3 has a privilege-escalation vulnerability, see https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2015-5299.html
  Package tiff-4.0.6 has a arbitrary-memory-access vulnerability, see http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537205
  [...]

Create a binary package from some metadata files and package directory.

  $ pkg_create -B build-info -c comment -d description -f packlist -I /opt/pkg -p files/ -U foo-1.0.tgz

Configuration file `mk.conf` for "bootstrapping"

After running

pkgsrc/bootstrap

it creates a example configuration file ../pkgsrc/bootstrap/work/mk.conf.example:

# Example /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf file produced by bootstrap-pkgsrc
# Sat Feb  7 20:20:18 PST 2015

.ifdef BSD_PKG_MK   # begin pkgsrc settings

PKGSRC_COMPILER=    clang
CC=         clang
CXX=            clang++
CPP=            ${CC} -E
CLANGBASE=      /usr

PKG_DBDIR=      /var/db/pkg
LOCALBASE=      /usr/pkg
VARBASE=        /var
PKG_TOOLS_BIN=      /usr/pkg/sbin
PKGINFODIR=     info
PKGMANDIR=      man

TOOLS_PLATFORM.awk?=        /usr/pkg/bin/nawk
TOOLS_PLATFORM.sed?=        /usr/pkg/bin/nbsed

.endif          # end pkgsrc settings

Here is a version that is customized and installed at /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf:

.ifdef BSD_PKG_MK       # begin pkgsrc settings

ABI=                    64
PKGSRC_COMPILER=        clang
CC=                     clang
CXX=                    clang++
CPP=                    ${CC} -E
CLANGBASE=              /usr

PKG_DBDIR=              /usr/pkg/.pkgdb
LOCALBASE=              /usr/pkg
VARBASE=                /var
PKG_TOOLS_BIN=          /usr/pkg/sbin
PKGINFODIR=             info
PKGMANDIR=              man

TOOLS_PLATFORM.awk?=    /usr/pkg/bin/nawk
TOOLS_PLATFORM.sed?=    /usr/pkg/bin/nbsed

MULTILIB_SUPPORTED=     no

PREFER.openssl=         pkgsrc

X11_TYPE=               native
X11BASE=                /opt/X11

.if !empty(PKGPATH:Mmail/mutt-devel)
PKG_OPTIONS.mutt+=      mutt-hcache mutt-smtp ncursesw sasl
.endif

.endif                  # end pkgsrc settings

Uninstalling pkgsrc and softwares installed by it

Delete the following directories:

sudo rm -rf /usr/pkg
sudo rm -rf /var/db/pkg*

and possibly also the source files if you used the first method:

sudo rm -rf /path/to/pkgsrc

References

Wikipedia, Pkgsrc.
Tony Fischetti, The state of package management on macOS, Oct. 14, 2013
pkgsrc: http://pkgsrc.org/
pkgsrc.se: http://pkgsrc.se/
pkgin: http://pkgin.net/
http://www.perkin.org.uk/pages/pkgsrc-binary-packages-for-osx.html
http://www.onthelambda.com/2013/10/14/the-state-of-package-management-on-mac-os-x/
pkgsrc binary packages for Mac OSX.

pages tagged homebrew

Installing and configuring mutt

Intro to Mutt

Installing mutt

Installing getmail

Installing and configuring Homebrew

Topics

How to upgrade if Homebrew stuck at an old version?

Installing and configuring GNU command-line utilities

History

macOS

GNU core utilities

Other GNU utilities

Configuration in .bashrc

Homebrew "caveats" and post-installation configuration

svn

(Ubuntu) Linux

References

Installing and configuring pkgsrc

Intro to pkgsrc

Install, configure, manage pkgsrc and software packages in it

Installing and configuring pkgsrc on macOS (64-bit, version 10.9 or later)

Installing pkgsrc on Ubuntu Linux

Installing softwares

Use pkgsrc to install softwares

Use pkg_* tools to manage packages

Configuration file mk.conf for "bootstrapping"

Uninstalling pkgsrc and softwares installed by it

References

Installing `mutt`

Installing `getmail`

Configuration in `.bashrc`

`svn`

Configuration file `mk.conf` for "bootstrapping"