Installing dependencies on macOS: issue with osxfuse/macfuse

[scottmeup]

brew install encfs and brew install gocryptfs as listed under Installing dependencies on macOS, no longer work.

Using macfuse as a cask dependency seems to be unsupported according to this discussion Homebrew/discussions#1250

[corelanc0d3r]

perhaps this should be reported to the encfs / gocryptfs guys as well?

[corelanc0d3r]

Found these 2 issues for encfs:
vgough/encfs#630
vgough/encfs#629

Just wondering: have you tried installing macFUSE using the dmg from https://osxfuse.github.io/?

[scottmeup]

Hi, thanks for the reply. I have installed the package from https://osxfuse.github.io/

If I understand correctly, the brew recipes for encfs & gocryptfs have been disabled regardless of whether macfuse / osxfuse is installed.

[corelanc0d3r]

ah yes, not sure why they have disabled the recipes... I guess someone will come up with a solution
I'll close the issue here (as it is not a pyencfsgui issue)

[scottmeup]

Awesome, just thought it might be useful info as the readme mentions those methods for installing dependencies on macOS.
Cheers ;)

[corelanc0d3r]

True, I'll add a note, but I guess we'll have to wait for them to come up a solution

[scottmeup]

Yeah, definitely. Macports offers encfs, unfortunately I didn't see a gocryptfs port.

[corelanc0d3r]

ah good to know - have you tried installing via macports? did it work?
do you happen to have the instructions, so I can put them in the readme?
thanks!

[scottmeup]

encfs via macports works fine for me, ymmv; it looks like it doesn't build on all major releases of macOS according to the port page https://ports.macports.org/port/encfs/builds

Macports' install instructions & package download are available here https://www.macports.org/install.php

Once you've run through those instructions it's recommended to update macports with sudo port selfupdate, then you can install enfcs with sudo port install encfs

As for gocryptfs, people might just have to compile it themselves.