Brew Cask Update Not Moving or Overwriting
When I run brew cask install iterm2
==> Downloading https://iterm2.com/downloads/stable/iTerm2-3_0_5.zip
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==> Verifying checksum for Cask iterm2
==> It seems there is already an App at '/Applications/iTerm.app'; not moving.
How to resolve this conflict of iTerm not updating?
Run it with --force
.
brew cask install iterm2 --force
==> Satisfying dependencies
complete
==> Downloading https://iterm2.com/downloads/stable/iTerm2-3_0_5.zip
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==> Verifying checksum for Cask iterm2
==> It seems there is already an App at '/Applications/iTerm.app'; overwriting.
==> Removing App: '/Applications/iTerm.app'
==> Moving App 'iTerm.app' to '/Applications/iTerm.app'
🍺 iterm2 was successfully installed!
If installed with --force
, the behavior is to overwrite the existing one.
NOTE: If this is a case of MAS (Mac App Store) install, then removing the existing one and installing again will fix it.
Written on July 28, 2016