Forces install to /Applications/MiddleClick.app instead of ~/Applications/MiddleClick.app

[kajukenbo]

Not great on a shared machine or one that does not allow writing to /Applications

[artginzburg]

Any screenshots? I have an app instance working from the ~/Downloads folder right now, no problems ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[kajukenbo]

% brew cask reinstall middleclick --verbose ==> Downloading https://github.com/DaFuqtor/MiddleClick/releases/download/2.4.5/MiddleClick.zip Already downloaded: /Users/zzzzz/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/8b9d030ac4cb1df0944d499031a09b75a336c027449972a330d6417e02b6bd2c--MiddleClick.zip ==> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask 'middleclick'. ==> Uninstalling Cask middleclick ==> Removing login item /Applications/MiddleClick.app ==> Removing login item MiddleClick Warning: It seems there is already an App at '/Users/zzzzz/homebrew/Caskroom/middleclick/2.4.5/MiddleClick.app'; overwriting. ==> Removing App '/Users/zzzzz/homebrew/Caskroom/middleclick/2.4.5/MiddleClick.app'. ==> Purging files for version 2.4.5 of Cask middleclick ==> Installing Cask middleclick unzip -o /Users/zzzzz/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/8b9d030ac4cb1df0944d499031a09b75a336c027449972a330d6417e02b6bd2c--MiddleClick.zip -d /var/folders/17/g5sbky9d4f986csy6l6r6txw4xwq5f/T/d20191205-80613-1bbs6j9 cp -pR /var/folders/17/g5sbky9d4f986csy6l6r6txw4xwq5f/T/d20191205-80613-1bbs6j9/MiddleClick.app/. /Users/zzzzz/homebrew/Caskroom/middleclick/2.4.5/MiddleClick.app chmod -Rf +w /var/folders/17/g5sbky9d4f986csy6l6r6txw4xwq5f/T/d20191205-80613-1bbs6j9 ==> Moving App 'MiddleClick.app' to '/Applications/MiddleClick.app'. Password: zzzzz is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. ==> Purging files for version 2.4.5 of Cask middleclick Error: Failure while executing;/usr/bin/sudo -E -- /bin/mkdir -p /Applications` exited with 1. Here's the output: zzzzz is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

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[kajukenbo]

Should I move everything to ~/Downloads/homebrew instead of ~/homebrew ?

[artginzburg]

I mean, any folder is suitable for me, but I didn't know that you tried to do this via Homebrew.

[artginzburg]

I think this problem could be solved by reading some Homebrew manuals. In theory, they were supposed to give people the opportunity to change the installation location.

[kajukenbo]

FWIW, I followed the "Recommended" instructions from here: https://github.com/DaFuqtor/MiddleClick-Catalina

Install Via 🍺 Homebrew Cask (Recommended) brew cask install middleclick

Am I to take it to mean you don't really expect people to install it that way?

[artginzburg]

It's about Homebrew, I'm sure they have an option allowing this lol

[artginzburg]

This can be solved by choosing Direct Download over Homebrew. The app works from anywhere.