Brew and Brew Cask OffLine installer

Purpose

The purpose of these apps is to provide an offline installer for brew and brew cask files.

Usage

These files provide a method to install apps on Mac computers:

• for a new install of the Operating System
• that don't have an internet connection
• that are newly purchased
• that are on a network
• to save having to download files repeatively

Appname: crelist.sh - create list

Description: creates a list of installed homebrew and homebrew-cask files and stores them in hblist.csv and hbclist.csv Usage: On the technician's computer run this script then copy the created files and the files stored in the cache directory to an external drive. from the command line run:

./crelist

this will create two files hblist.csv and hbclist.csv in the current directory. Then edit the files to the desired requirements.

Appname: olinst - OffLine install

Description: this script will install homebrew and homebrew-cask files from a list stored in a hblist.csv and hbclist.csv or a filename from the command line.

Options:

usage: ./olinst [options] <file_name>

options:
  -c <file_name>                  Cask Filename list to use for install.
  -b <file_name>                  Brew Filename list to use for install.
  -uc <file_name>                 Update Cask Filename list to use.
  -h, --help                      Show this help.
  If no filename is given then app will use the default files hblist.csv and hbclist.csv

examples from the command line run:

./olinst

this will install the files that are listed in hblist.csv and hbclist.csv files

./olinst -c newinst.csv

this will install the brew cask files that are listed in newinst.csv

./olinst -b mybrew.csv

this will install the brew files that are listed in mybrew.csv

./olinst -uc ucask.csv

this will update the brew cask files installed that are listed in ucask.csv

hbclist.csv options

In the hbclist.csv if the second value is null then the appname will install to ~/Applications directory, otherwise if the second value is "A" then the app will install to /Applications directory

Appname: cppi - Copy Preferences and Plug In's

Description: copies preferences and plugins to the relevant directories. Usage: Install the app {appname}, make changes to your requirements eg colors, fonts etc and install plugins Copy files from $HOME/Library/Application Support/{appName} to appSupportDir or Copy files from /Library/Application Support/{appName} to appSupportDir and add "a" to appsloc.csv file so that it reads like this:

{appName},a,

so that the app will use the alternative location for copying files.

Copy files from $HOME/Library/Preferences/{appName} to appPrefDir or Copy files from /Library/Preferences/{appName} to appPrefDir and add "a" to appsloc.csv file so that it reads like this:

{appName},,a

so that the app will use the alternative location for copying files. or a combination of both

{appName},a,a

Add {appName}, {appSupportDir}, {appPreferences} to appsloc.csv making sure that each field is separated with a comma including spaces in the directory names and matches the directory names in the appSupportDir and appPrefDir directories. Where

• {appName} is the brew cask name
• {appSupportDir} is the directory located in the '$HOME/Library/Application Support' directory or use "a" so that it will use the alternative '/Library/Application Support'
• {appPreferences} is the directory located in the '$HOME/Library/Preferences/' directory or use "a" so that it will use the alternative '/Library/Preferences/'

for example the contents of appsloc.csv

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from the command line run:

cppi.sh

this will then load the list from appsloc.csv and then copy the support files and preferences to the relevant directories based on {appname} if installed.

Appname: copycache.sh

Description: this script copies files from the $HOME/Library/Caches/Homebrew to the external drive + /Library/Caches/Homebrew usage run this script from the command line on an external drive under a sub directory such as hbcoffline

from the command line on an external drive run:

./copycache.sh

Appname: bkupbrew.sh - backup brew and brew cask files

Description: this script will backup brew and brew cask files

from the command line on an external drive run:

./bkupbrew.sh

Appname: creuclist.sh create a file list of homebrew-cask updates

Description: creates a list of installed homebrew-cask files that have updates and stores them in uclist.csv Usage: On the technician's computer run this script then copy the files from the cache directory

from the command line run:

./creuclist.sh

this will create uclist.csv file including 'latest' then adjust to your requirements.

from the command line run:

./olinst -uc uclist.csv

this will then update and uninstall 'latest' then install apps that are listed in the file.