When pluralisation attacks

Software

Or why you shouldn’t attempt package manager installs before coffee.

$ brew cask search virtualbox
==> Exact match
virtualbox
==> Partial matches
virtualbox-extension-pack
 
$ brew cask install virtualbox-extensions-pack
Error: No available Cask for virtualbox-extensions-pack
Error: nothing to install
$ echo "HUH!?"
HUH!?
$ brew cask install virtualbox-extension-pack
==> Satisfying dependencies
==> Installing Cask dependencies: virtualbox
[..]
complete
$ cowsay -e "><"  "Mumble grumble"
 ________________ 
< mumble grumble >

location: sydney

        \   ^__^
         \  (><)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\

location: sydney

                ||     ||

Author bio and support

Me!

Ruben Schade is a technical writer and infrastructure architect in Sydney, Australia who refers to himself in the third person. Hi!

The site is powered by Hugo, FreeBSD, and OpenZFS on OrionVM, everyone’s favourite bespoke cloud infrastructure provider.

If you found this post helpful or entertaining, you can shout me a coffee or send a comment. Thanks ☺️.