Install, upgrade, or uninstall an app or script

Brewer X is designed around three basic actions: install, upgrade, and uninstall. Since these actions are the very core, you have multiple ways to trigger them. Also, there are slightly modified versions of each action that you can use for advanced use-cases.

Trigger an action

From big buttons in the table

The first and most obvious way of installing or upgrading an item is through the big green or purple buttons in the table. These buttons are displayed only if and when the action is available.

Note that uninstall is not available as a big button. Since it’s a destructive action, we deliberately make it more difficult to trigger it.

Big buttons in the table

From the toolbar

All three actions are available from the button group in the toolbar. The buttons target the selected items of the table. Therefore, an action might not be always available. Changing selection changes the actions you have available. If you have multiple items selected, the action is applied to all the selected items, if possible.

Actions in the toolbar

From the context menu

If you right click an item in the table you can trigger the available actions from the context menu. If you have multiple items selected, the action is applied to all the selected items, if possible.

Table context menu

From the menu

All three actions are listed under the File menu. If you have multiple items selected, the action is applied to all the selected items, if possible.

With shortcuts

Finally, you can use the handy shortcuts ⌘⏎ to trigger install, ⌘U to trigger upgrade, and ⌘⌫ to trigger uninstall.

Action variants

Install in Folder…

You can install an app in a specific folder using the File → Install → Install in Folder… action.

Reinstall

This action will perform a uninstall followed by a install. It can be useful to fix problems or cleanup your installation. You can find it under File → Reinstall.

Move To…

Similar to Install in Folder… but used for already installed apps. You can find it under File → Move To…. This action will perform a reinstall the app in the folder you specify.