Cask installed Duet Display app fails to launch

[timup]

~
$ brew cask install duet
==> Downloading http://dl.devmate.com/com.kairos.duet/1.4.0/1439081188/duet-1.4.
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/duet-1.4.0_1439081188.zip
==> Symlinking App 'duet.app' to '/Applications/duet.app'
🍺  duet staged at '/opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/duet/1.4.0_1439081188' (355 files, 10M)

~
$ cd /applications

/applications
$ open duet.app

And then, nada.

Downloading the app from the duet display site, you are greeted with the following message after opening the app initially:

Is it possible that this authorization is missed/bypassed somehow by the cask install?

Running El Cap, so maybe a new issue?

[reitermarkus]

I just tested this. A symlink in /Applications doesn't work because the app tries to copy itself to /Applications without prompting and if a symlink exists, it fails.

[vitorgalvao]

Another one for #12858. We’ll need to add a caveat.

[timup]

Can confirm @reitermarkus. Opening from ~/downloads copies the app to /applications before the permission prompt.

[vitorgalvao]

Closing in favour of #13201, which will fix this. At the moment we don’t have any other type of workaround that could be used, anyway.

[toonetown]

Is there a way to suppress putting in the symlink? I just got bitten by this one - brew cask install duet will automatically place the link in /Applications/duet.app - but then the first time you run it, it tries to copy itself /Applications/duet.app, but cannot because the link already exists. Then it gets in this cycle of crashing and trying to restart.

This is, however, because I have HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS=--appdir=/Applications set...so it is definitely an edge case in my setup.

If we could specify not to create a symlink, however, then it should work...since the first time it runs, it will be copied into the correct location. I do agree, however, that a caveat should be added.

[vitorgalvao]

@toonetown See #13201 and #13966.

[toonetown]

@vitorgalvao Yes - I had been following those discussions previously. I was just wondering if there was a "quick fix" (specify to skip linking phase completely). It's not a huge issue right now for me...I've got the app installed now ;)

Would it be helpful to add a caveat section now? (I can do that, if it would be helpful) Or would it be better to just wait on the #13966 and #13201 to be implemented?

[vitorgalvao]

It’s best to wait for it to be implemented. Hopefully not long, now.

[toonetown]

I have no problem with that...just wanting to help out wherever I can!

On Feb 9, 2016, at 6:38 PM, Vítor Galvão [email protected] wrote:

It’s best to wait for it to be implemented. Hopefully not long, now.

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