Go-home-brew

Go-home-brew, Gomebrew, or simply gome is a lite homebrew client written in Go. It uses homebrew's API and database for packages but it's not a clone of it. It doesn't translate Ruby code to Go code.

Why ?

I recently used topgrade to update my system. It updated my ruby and gems , so homebrew broke. I fixed it by using their portable-ruby solution, but now when I use the brew prune, it breaks again.

I started this project not because it's faster than Ruby, but because it provides a static binary.

Homebrew's Ruby allows its formulas to be written in Ruby classes, and developers are using a DSL to add installation instructions. Among many things, this is something gomebrew won't support in the near future.

Gomebrew is not a replacement for homebrew. It doesn't try to be. Homebrew is a complete project with many functionalities. Gomebrew is just a very small subset of it.

Gomebrew is defensive. If it doesn't support a certain functionality, it tries to fail by printing the reason.

Commands

Install

gomebrew install <program>

Installs program to gome_packages folder and creates a symbolic link of the executable at /usr/local/bin. Adds the prefix gome- to executable to prevent it mixing with current homebrew programs. E.g. tree becomes gome-tree.

List

gomebrew list

lists installed programs in gome_packages folder.

Info

gomebrew info <program>

prints returned json from API request to homebrew. Says whether it's installed.

Upgrade

gomebrew upgrade <program>

Upgrades program if new version is available. If <program> is omitted, upgrades all programs.

Uninstall

gomebrew uninstall <program>

Removes program from the gome_packages folder and deletes the symlink.

Prune

gomebrew prune

Removes gome_packages folder and deletes symlinks.

Issues

If a program has a runtime dependency, gomebrew won't install it. Nevertheless, it will install parent programs that has that dependency.
Does not support self-build. Homebrew has a DSL for installation instructions and gomebrew probably won't support this.
There is no caching.

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