[Mac] brew cask install filebot

[rednoah]

The easiest way to install FileBot on Mac OS X and setting up the filebot console tools is to just have brew package manager do it all, fully automatically.


Since Apple does not allow command-line tools in the Mac App Store you will need to install the filebot console tools via brew even if you have already bought FileBot from the App Store.


In Terminal do:


If you're feeling lazy you can install or upgrade the FileBot Command-Line Tools by running the following command:

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sh -xu <<< "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/filebot/plugins/master/installer/brew.sh)"

If you feel like running each command yourself step by step, please follow the instructions:


1. Install brew:

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ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

brew may require the Command Line Tools for Xcode and the easiest way to get them is running xcode-select --install or installing Xcode via App Store.

2. Update brew package index:

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brew update && brew upgrade

3. Install Java:

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brew cask install java

4. Install FileBot:

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brew cask install filebot --force --appdir=~/Applications

Check if filebot is working:

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filebot -script fn:sysinfo

If you want to upgrade filebot you can run:

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brew update && brew upgrade && brew cask install filebot --force --appdir=~/Applications

If you want to uninstall filebot you can run:

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brew cask uninstall filebot --appdir=~/Applications

If you have $PATH issues when running filebot (e.g. if /usr/local/bin is not in the $PATH) then you may use the absolute path to the executable:

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/usr/local/bin/filebot

If you want understand what is executed exactly when you call filebot you can run:

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ls -l `which filebot`

[raymond]

3. Install Java:

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brew cask install java

With current version of brew this will install java9. filebot uses java8. I suggest this should now be

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brew cask install java8

[jprokos]

Since Apple does not allow command-line tools in the Mac App Store you will need to install the filebot console tools via brew even if you have already bought FileBot from the App Store.

Does installing the FileBot package using brew write over the AppStore Version? I notice it's installing into the Applications folder.

[rednoah]

No. Not if you follow the instructions above:

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brew cask install filebot --force --appdir=~/Applications

[RafaelSantos]

Hi, I have the Mac App Store Filebot and would like to install the command line tool, but I don't really want to install brew (I already have MacPorts). Is there any alternative? Is it possible to download the standalone filebot.jar file to run command line applications? Thanks.

[rednoah]

You can make it work manually by reading and understanding the brew cask formula, and then just download / extract / symlink things yourself as necessary:
https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-ca ... filebot.rb

[jp4500]

Hi,

I installed successfully and ran the test and curious about something I see in the results:

- It says `UPDATE AVAILABLE: FileBot 4.8 (r5280)` but I did get the latest AFAIK. Is there another way to update?

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~/Downloads$ filebot -script fn:sysinfo
FileBot 4.7.9 (r4984)
JNA Native: 5.1.0
MediaInfo: 0.7.93
7-Zip-JBinding: 9.20
Chromaprint: 1.4.2
Extended Attributes: OK
Unicode Filesystem: OK
Script Bundle: 2018-03-16 (r516)
Groovy: 2.4.10
JRE: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_172
JVM: 64-bit Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
CPU/MEM: 4 Core / 1 GB Max Memory / 15 MB Used Memory
OS: Mac OS X (x86_64)
Package: APP
uname: Darwin macbook-air.local 17.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.4.0: Sun Dec 17 09:19:54 PST 2017; root:xnu-4570.41.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

-------------------- UPDATE AVAILABLE: FileBot 4.8 (r5280) ---------------------

Done ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ

(NOTE: I had to uninstall java 9 and install java 8 to fix some WARNING's that showed up originally)

[rednoah]

There is indeed no update for the CLI, but unfortunately the update notification code doesn't have support for different platforms having different latest revisions.