Homebrew distribution

[EivindArvesen]

Thanks for this projects!

Have you considered distributing this plugin via the package manager Homebrew?

I think this could have the potential to make setup significantly easier for end users (particularly if GnuPG and Libmacgpg could be installed automatically).

[jpbernius]

This could depend on the gpg-suite-no-mail cask. So this would include installation of the (required?) installation of GPG suite easily.

[bnavigator]

I like the idea. As mentioned before, I do not own a Mac myself and thus have no experience with homebrew, let alone packaging for it. Please feel free to come up with something.

[jpbernius]

Do we actually need the GPG Suite, or is Libmacgpg enough in combination with the mailbundle?

[bnavigator]

• The mailbundle shares some settings dialogs with the other programs from the suite, but I don't think you need them installed for it.
• You definitely need GnuPG somehow, but that is already in Homebrew.
• No GPG Keychain means that you have to manage keys with gpg from the command line.

[EivindArvesen]

After struggling somewhat with trying to bundle Libmacgpg as a Formula for Homebrew, I think depending on the gpg-suite-no-mail-cask, as suggested by @jpbernius, is the way to go.

Additionally, it has the added benefit of also installing GPG Keychain and such, as @bnavigator mentions + avoiding manual versioning (the official repo only denotes current version in a config file).

I've written a Cask that successfully sets everything up; Just need to ensure that post-install output detailing with manual steps in Mail.app etc. are complete, and complies with Homebrew standards.

Not sure where to go from there – possibly push my repo to GitHub so that others can test the cask, before making a PR to Homebrew Cask?

[EivindArvesen]

Cask is live at this repo.

To install, run brew install EivindArvesen/Free-GPGMail-Tap/free-gpgmail. Please let me know if you have any issues; It ran OK on my machine.

If I don't hear about any issues, I'll probably get started on getting this into Homebrew's default cask tap. Might also look into auto-publishing new versions, if I have time.

[EmlJnke]

It does not work, the GitHub repo of the cask has the wrong adress:

==> Tapping eivindarvesen/free-gpgmail-tap
Cloning into '/opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/eivindarvesen/homebrew-free-gpgmail-tap'...
remote: Repository not found.
fatal: repository 'https://github.com/eivindarvesen/homebrew-free-gpgmail-tap/' not found
Error: Failure while executing; `git clone https://github.com/eivindarvesen/homebrew-free-gpgmail-tap /opt/homebrew/Library/Taps/eivindarvesen/homebrew-free-gpgmail-tap --origin=origin --template=` exited with 128.

[EivindArvesen]

@EmlJnke did you copy-paste the command I wrote in my previous comment? I don't understand why your output says "https://github.com/eivindarvesen/homebrew-free-gpgmail-tap/" rather than "https://github.com/eivindarvesen/free-gpgmail-tap/".

Running brew install EivindArvesen/Free-GPGMail-Tap/free-gpgmail verbatim works fine on my end.

[wrenchpilot]

@EivindArvesen there's definitely a naming issue with this cask. It probably works for you because the directory that it's attempting to install to actually exists.

brew tap --repair EivindArvesen/Free-GPGMail-Tap/free-gpgmail fatal: cannot change to '/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/eivindarvesen/homebrew-free-gpgmail-tap': No such file or directory Error: Failure while executing; ``git -C /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/eivindarvesen/homebrew-free-gpgmail-tap fetch origin`` exited with 128.

git clone https://github.com/eivindarvesen/free-gpgmail-tap/ /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/eivindarvesen/homebrew-free-gpgmail-tap

brew install EivindArvesen/Free-GPGMail-Tap/free-gpgmail now works.

[EivindArvesen]

Sorry about that – there was a repo naming convention I'd missed. Running brew install EivindArvesen/Free-GPGMail-Tap/free-gpgmail should now work without any prerequisites.

Updated the cask to v2021.3.1

[jpbernius]

Hey @EivindArvesen, I tested this and can confirm that it works. I rebased your changes on top of the official repository. If it is ok for you, I will open a PR to get this merged into the official Cask Repository.

[EivindArvesen]

@jpbernius Sorry for the late reply – been sick... Great work! Does the livecheck mean that the cask will be autoupdated, or will every new release need a PR to bump versions in homebrew?