{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/37217","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/37217/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/37217/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/37217/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/37217","id":59073856,"number":37217,"title":"cask install --force fails without explicit 'cask'","user":{"login":"OJFord","id":3946014,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3946014?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord","html_url":"https://github.com/OJFord","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-02-26T13:41:41Z","updated_at":"2015-03-01T23:41:42Z","closed_at":null,"body":"`brew install Caskroom/cask/mactex` was quit early; on repeat gave:\r\n\r\n> Warning: A Cask for mactex is already installed. Add the \"--force\" option to force re-install.\r\n\r\nSo adding the `--force` option:\r\n\r\n> `$ brew install Caskroom/cask/mactex --force`\r\n> Warning: A Cask for mactex is already installed. Add the \"--force\" option to force re-install.\r\n> `$ brew install --force Caskroom/cask/mactex`\r\n> Warning: A Cask for mactex is already installed. Add the \"--force\" option to force re-install.\r\n\r\nFigured I'd try to uninstall:\r\n\r\n> `$ brew uninstall Caskroom/cask/mactex`\r\nError: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/mactex\r\n\r\nNot far enough along. Only at this point did I notice from the output that `brew install Caskroom/cask` was implicitly `brew cask install`, so I tried:\r\n\r\n> `$ brew cask install Caskroom/cask/mactex --force`\r\n\r\nWhich worked."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/comments/76638767","html_url":"https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/37217#issuecomment-76638767","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/37217","id":76638767,"user":{"login":"OJFord","id":3946014,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3946014?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord","html_url":"https://github.com/OJFord","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OJFord/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-01T23:41:42Z","updated_at":"2015-03-01T23:41:42Z","body":"That's what I mean by 'all' - I meant either go all-in on allowing ommision of `cask`, or never allow it. Supporting it in some circumstances and not others just asks for confusion IMO."}}