manually Install homebrew formula: yabai v3.2.0

manually-install-formula-yabai-v3.2.0.md

Problem

For some reason, homebrew has stopped supporting direct installs of formulae.

I've tried to install a specific version of a package for testing purposes. koekeishiya/yabai#637

[2020-11-25 20:32:02] fiedl@fiedl-mbp ~
▶ brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/koekeishiya/homebrew-formulae/7a2b00e1c94793bf5bee6fc68b2449ec8f7213b5/yabai.rb
Traceback (most recent call last):
	10: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:119:in `<main>'
	 9: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb:132:in `install'
	 8: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/compat/cli/parser.rb:11:in `parse'
	 7: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cli/parser.rb:277:in `parse'
	 6: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cli/parser.rb:509:in `formulae'
	 5: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cli/parser.rb:509:in `map'
	 4: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cli/parser.rb:513:in `block in formulae'
	 3: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:352:in `factory'
	 2: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:139:in `get_formula'
	 1: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:143:in `klass'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:228:in `load_file': Invalid usage: Installation of yabai from a GitHub commit URL is unsupported! 'brew extract yabai' to stable tap on GitHub instead. (UsageError)
	13: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:150:in `<main>'
	12: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:152:in `rescue in <main>'
	11: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/help.rb:64:in `help'
	10: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/help.rb:83:in `command_help'
	 9: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/help.rb:103:in `parser_help'
	 8: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/compat/cli/parser.rb:11:in `parse'
	 7: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cli/parser.rb:277:in `parse'
	 6: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cli/parser.rb:509:in `formulae'
	 5: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cli/parser.rb:509:in `map'
	 4: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cli/parser.rb:513:in `block in formulae'
	 3: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:352:in `factory'
	 2: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:139:in `get_formula'
	 1: from /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:143:in `klass'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:228:in `load_file': Invalid usage: Installation of yabai from a GitHub commit URL is unsupported! 'brew extract yabai' to stable tap on GitHub instead. (UsageError)

Resources

I haven't found any documentation for a direct replacement and there seems to be quite some anger regarding this topic:

• Homebrew/brew#8791
• https://discourse.brew.sh/t/has-brew-install-force-formula-raw-path-been-taken-out/8793/6

Workaround

[2020-11-25 20:52:53] fiedl@fiedl-mbp ~
▶ brew tap-new fiedl/yabai && brew extract --version 3.2.0 koekeishiya/homebrew-formulae/yabai fiedl/yabai && brew install fiedl/yabai/[email protected]

brew services start fiedl/yabai/[email protected]

Adopted from: https://discourse.brew.sh/t/has-brew-install-force-formula-raw-path-been-taken-out/8793/8