Best Free and Open Source Software for MacOs (and non-free)

Best Free and Open Source Software for MacOs

If you need brew, see here:
For update brew casks already installed (thanks to Stack Overflow).

brew cask outdated | xargs brew cask reinstall

Kind of	Software	Brew command line setup
Software Manager	CakeBrew	See this article.
html and epub editor	Bluegriffon	`brew cask install bluegriffon`
html editor	Bluefish	`brew cask install bluefish`
Bibligraphy	Calibre	`brew cask install calibre`
Citation	Mendeley	`brew cask install mendeley-desktop`
Antivirus	Avg Antivirus	`brew cask install avg-antivirus`
AntiMalware	Malwarebytes	`brew cask install malwarebytes`
Matrovska recipe manager	mkvtoolnix	`brew install --with-qt mkvtoolnix` To run, on terminal: `/usr/local/Cellar/mkvtoolnix/15.0.0_1/bin/mkvtoolnix-gui` (change version when update)
DVD and Bluray Reeper	Makemkv	`brew cask install makemkv`
Video compressor	Handbrake	`brew cask install handbrake`
HTML and Text Editor	BBedit (lite version is free, )	`brew cask install bbedit`
Monitor temperatures, SSD, memory. in your mac	HWSensors	`brew cask install hwsensors`
System manteinance and repair utilities	Onyx	`brew cask install onyx`
FTP, webdav, ssh client,…	Cyberduck	`brew cask install cyberduck`
Oracle’s Virtual Machine Manager	VirtualBox	`brew cask install virtualbox` `brew cask install virtualbox-extension-pack`
Audio format converter: mp3, flac, m4a, wav, aiff,…	freac	`brew cask install freac`
Open Source Desktop Publishing	Scribus	brew cask install scribus
Graphic Design	Inkscape	`brew cask install inkscape`
The Free & Open Source Image Editor	Gimp	`brew cask install gimp`
Productivity Suite	LibreOffice	`brew cask install libreoffice` `brew cask install libreoffice-language-pack --language=es`
Unarchiver with 7-zip support	Keka	`brew cask install keka`
Media player	Video Lan Client (VLC)	Brew cask install vlc
Free personal finance software, money management	Homebank	`brew install homebank`
El navegador 100 libre y ético	Firefox	`brew cask install firefox`
Bittorrent client.	Transmission	`brew cask install transmission` For remote access: `brew cask install transmission-remote-gui`

My privative Software

	Soft	Brew install
	Carbon Copy Cloner	brew cask install carbon-copy-cloner
	Little Snitch	brew cask install little-snitch
	Transmit	brew cask install transmit
	Vmware Fusion	brew cask install vmware-fusion
	Microsoft Office	brew cask install microsoft-office

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Cakebrew – Setup brew gui in MacOS

Cakebrew

Setup brew GUI in MacOS

Cakebrew is a graphical package manager for Homebrew. You can run brew update, brew install, brew doctor,… see what is installed, and what is in the github repositories.

Let’s to setup Home brew.

1. Set up xcode: in terminal

$ xcode-select --install

2. Set up Homebrew:

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

Setup Cakebrew

$ brew update && brew upgrade

$ brew tap caskroom/cask

$ brew cask install xquartz ##reboot for activate it, or log out and log in.

$ brew cask install cakebrew

3. Suggested Open Source Packages and standard MacOS software: here.

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MacOS Math Station Howto: HomeBrew setup

MacOS Math Station howto

HomeBrew setup

1. Install Homebrew

In terminal

xcode-select --install

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

2. R, Rstudio and Mactex: this link (R-Bloggers).

brew tap caskroom/cask   brew install brew-cask   brew install Caskroom/cask/xquartz   brew cask install java   brew tap homebrew/science   brew install r   brew install Caskroom/cask/rstudio

# For latex:
 
brew cask install mactex
 
brew install libsvg curl libxml2 gdal geos boost
 
R CMD javareconf JAVA_CPPFLAGS=-I/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Headers
 
brew tap caskroom/fonts
brew cask install font-fira-code
brew cask install iterm2
brew cask install gitup           # if you want a GUI for git stuff (h/t @jennybryan)

From MacOS command line terminal, for Rcomander

brew install pandoc

3. Lyx:

brew cask install lyx

3. Install R commader from Rstudio Terminal, run:

install.packages("Rcmdr")

run cmdr from Rstudio

library("Rcmdr")

Press Yes

4. Install all R Comannder plugins. From Rstudio terminal

## Obtain names of all packages on CRAN

names.available.packages <- rownames(available.packages())

## Extract packages names that contain Rcmdr
Rcmdr.related.packages <- names.available.packages[grep("Rcmdr", names.available.packages)]

Rcmdr.related.packages

## Install these packages
install.packages(pkgs = Rcmdr.related.packages)

5. Install Anaconda Navigator:

From MacOS terminal, type:

brew cask install anaconda

Launch anaconda navigator from launchpad.

4. Install Orange 3 Data Mining.

Press in Install and launch Orange3.
Create a new project
In Menu Panel go to Addons, and select everything

Close anaconda navigator
From MacOS terminal, type:
conda update --all
Open anaconda navigator from launchpad.

5. Install glueviz.

From anaconda navigator, press on install.

6. Install Octave.

For instructions, see this.

7. Install maxima.

brew tap homebrew/science
brew install maxima
brew install wxmaxima

Or download from here and drug to Applications.

8. Install PSPP.

brew install pspp

To run PSPP, in terminal: $ psppire.

9. Other Software? See here.