The latest articles on DEV Community by Jan Keromnes (@jankeromnes). https://dev.to/jankeromnes https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F146132%2F6c6592cb-e2fd-4762-86c5-ae3f032e4aaf.jpeg https://dev.to/jankeromnes en Jan Keromnes Fri, 10 Jan 2020 09:28:45 +0000 https://dev.to/jankeromnes/gitpod-homebrew-ld9 https://dev.to/jankeromnes/gitpod-homebrew-ld9 <p>Are you tired of <strong>apt-get</strong>? Can't use <strong>sudo</strong> right now? …</p> <h2> You can now '<strong>brew install anything</strong>' in Gitpod! 🎉 </h2> <ul> <li>✓ Easily install any Linux tool or package with one command</li> <li>✓ Doesn't require <code>sudo</code> permission</li> <li>✓ Works in your <a href="https://www.gitpod.io/docs/42_config_docker/">.gitpod.Dockerfile</a> or directly in Gitpod's Terminal</li> </ul> <p>If you use a Mac, or have friends who use a Mac, you've probably heard of the trusty <a href="https://brew.sh/">brew</a> command which allows you to install pretty much any software, from <code>git</code> to <code>clang</code> to <code>htop</code>.</p> <p>Homebrew is quite convenient, and its packages are very well maintained: You'll usually get the latest stable version of any tool (e.g. Git <code>2.24.1</code>) while other package managers can typically lag several versions behind (e.g. Ubuntu 18.04 only gives you Git <code>2.17.1</code> by default).</p> <p>What you may not necessarily know is that Homebrew now works on Linux too (it was originally announced as "Linuxbrew", but now it's just called <a href="https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux">Homebrew on Linux</a>). This got us pretty excited, because we saw it as an opportunity for developers to easily install any software package in Gitpod, without needing to set up a Dockerfile and then fire up another workspace to test it. With Homebrew you can simply run <code>brew install z</code> and get going!</p> <p>We've pre-installed <code>brew</code> for all Gitpod workspaces (using <a href="https://github.com/gitpod-io/workspace-images/blob/d353ffe08c602095a8f3df7d690934c25643a6ca/full/Dockerfile#L104-L107">workspace-full</a>) and now that we've played with it for a while and are happy with the experience, we're excited to announce it so that you can try it too:</p> <ol> <li>Just open any repository in Gitpod (e.g. the <a href="https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/gitpod-io/spring-petclinic">Spring PetClinic</a>)</li> <li>Try running <code>brew install fzf</code> (this should give you the awesome <a href="https://github.com/junegunn/fzf">fzf</a> tool)</li> </ol> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--4-rNaits--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://github.com/gitpod-io/website/raw/master/src/blog/brew/homebrew-in-gitpod.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--4-rNaits--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://github.com/gitpod-io/website/raw/master/src/blog/brew/homebrew-in-gitpod.png" alt="Homebrew in Gitpod screenshot"></a></p> <p>Here are a couple details to be aware of:</p> <ul> <li><p>Packages installed with <code>brew</code> have a low priority in the <code>$PATH</code>. This means that if you <code>brew install</code> a package that already exists in Gitpod, you'll just continue using the old package. If you don't like that, simply <code>apt-get remove</code> the old package in your <a href="https://www.gitpod.io/docs/42_config_docker/">.gitpod.Dockerfile</a>.</p></li> <li><p><code>brew</code> installs everything under <code>/home/linuxbrew/</code>, but Gitpod only backs up your Docker image plus everything inside <code>/workspace/</code>. This means that if you <code>brew install fzf</code> in a Gitpod terminal, and then your workspace stops running, when you restart it later the package <code>fzf</code> will be gone. If that's a problem, simply move the <code>brew install fzf</code> command into your <a href="https://www.gitpod.io/docs/42_config_docker/">.gitpod.Dockerfile</a> to make it permanent.</p></li> </ul> <p>We hope this feature makes you as happy as it made us! Please share any <a href="https://community.gitpod.io/">feedback, thoughts</a> or <a href="https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/new/choose">bugs</a> you found.</p> gitpod homebrew linuxbrew