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PATH Variable

With macOS ≥12.3 Monterey no longer providing PHP, it's now a prerequisite to install your own. Simplest way to install it yourself is via brew install php.

If you don’t have Homebrew, you can install it via instructions on their homepage, brew.sh.

The PATH variable needs to capture not only where PHP is installed, but also where Bash is. Here are two variations:

Intel Macs: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Apple Silicon Macs: /opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

The workflow has this set as its default $PATH so it will work on either style of Mac.

/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:${PATH}

Commands

Local Cache Management Commands

pkgman cleardb: Clear local database cache files
pkgman cachedb: Update local database cache files

Package Repository Search Commands

alcatraz {query}: Cocoa Packages
apt-get {query}: Ubuntu Packages
bower {query}: Bower Components for JavaScript
brew {query}: Homebrew Forumale/Cask
chef {query}: Chef Cookbooks
cocoa {query}: CocoaPods can be upgraded to CocoaDocs by changing $apple_docs to true in the script.
composer {query}: PHP Composer Packages
cordova {query}: Apache Cordova plugins
docker {query}: Docker Images
definitelytyped {query}: DefinitelyTyped TypeScript Definitions
gems {query}: Ruby Gems
gradle {query}: Java Gradle Packages
grunt {query}: Node.js task-runner Grunt Plugins
gulp {query}: Node.js task-runner Gulp Plugins
hackage {query}: Haskell package archive
hex {query}: Elixir Hex Packages
maven {query}: Java Maven Libraries
metacran {query}: R Packages
npm {query}: Node.js NPM Packages
nuget {query}: .Net NuGet Packages
pear {query}: PHP Pear Packages
puppet {query}: Puppet Modules
pypi {query}: Python Packages
raspbian {query}: Rasberry Pi Packages
rpm {query}: Red Hat Linux Packages
snap {query}: Snapcraft Packages
st {query}: Sublime Text Packages
yarn {query}: Yarn Packages
yo {query}: Yeoman Generators

Action Modifiers

default: open README page url
cmd: copy name/id to frontmost app
shift: copy config file name/id and version to frontmost app

Additional Notes

All workflows require an internet connection.

Workflows can break from time to time due to changes by the provider of the repo. If you notice a workflow stops working, please file an Issue.

All repos have caching enabled to speed up common queries. These caches are refreshed after 14 days and may take longer than expected to return results during update. You can force a cache refresh by running pkgman cachedb to re-download the databases (applies to alcatraz, grunt, cocoa). Alternatively you can run pkgman cleardb to remove all stored cache, but this isn't recommended. Clearing your cache is recommended after an update if the package manager you use had a bug previously.

The Python Package Index is very slow due to a lack on API and pagination. A min query length has been put in place to help speed this up. You can change it in the script, $min_query_length = 3. Perhaps someone with a python background can improve this.