How to Install Sublime Text 3 using Homebrew cask

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How can I use Homebrew cask to install Sublime Text 3? I only see Sublime Text 2 when using Homebrew's search. I even tried tapping homebrew/versions, but no luck.

You might want to change the accepted answer since the answer has changed. @frizkie has provided the new procedure, which funny enough is the same as the downvoted answer that was accepted. — Snekse, Jul 12 '16 at 21:16

score 188 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 10 '22 at 14:38

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brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
brew tap caskroom/versions
brew cask install sublime-text

Weird how I will struggle with this for days, post on StackOverflow, then figure out my own answer in 20 seconds.

[edited to reflect that the package name is now just sublime-text, not sublime-text3]

[edit]: As of 2022-11-07, above is incorrect.

See taylorthurlow's correct answer.

edited Nov 10 '22 at 14:38

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answered Dec 09 '14 at 14:40

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Cannot find cask _sublime-text3_ on my machine, only _sublime-text_, which is 2.0.2 now. – Sergey Kostrukov Jan 07 '15 at 08:46
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Actually needed this tap: caskroom/versions – Sergey Kostrukov Jan 07 '15 at 09:07
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Thanks. Also, for what it's worth, you can tap and install in one command like this: `brew cask install caskroom/versions/sublime-text3` – KylePDavis Apr 10 '15 at 13:39
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Ok, but you need the "cask" plugin before : `brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask` – Paul Rad Apr 23 '15 at 12:20
caskroom.io has all instructions u need ;) – STEEL Jul 24 '15 at 05:30
Sidenote: if you try this and get the error **"Error: Cask 'sublime-text3' definition is invalid: Bad header line: parse failed"**, run `brew uninstall --force brew-cask && brew update` then retry. – SteamDev Feb 15 '16 at 20:51
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Sublime text is 3114 now. So the last step should be replaced with brew cask install sublime-text – realhu Aug 07 '16 at 13:50
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Try `brew cask install sublime-text` when getting `No available Cask for sublime-test3.` – Robin Wieruch Nov 05 '16 at 15:17
This should be the accepted answer. Also, as other comments state, the last line should be `brew cask install sublime-text`. – Borealis Jan 18 '17 at 04:42

taylorthurlow · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-07T17:32:28.037

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As of late May, 2021, Sublime Text 4 has been released. As a result, the old solution to installing Sublime Text 3 via Homebrew will now install Sublime Text 4 instead. If this is what you actually want, then the following brew installation command will install it:

brew install --cask sublime-text

Currently, there is no available cask on Homebrew which will allow the installation of Sublime Text 3 instead of Sublime Text 4.

As a side note, Sublime Text 2 is available in the sublime-text2 cask.

Historical note: This question originally was motivated by the fact that the sublime-text cask was Sublime Text 2 instead of Sublime Text 3. As of around May 2016, this is no longer the case.

edited Jun 07 '21 at 17:32

answered Jul 04 '16 at 06:59

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Yes, as of [this](https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/commit/f577fe715cf73e03d1316c202be1db266682506c) commit, sublime text 3 is now the default. – jdek Jul 09 '16 at 10:59
then use Caskroom/versions/sublime-text2 – hannson Oct 18 '16 at 10:58
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Or for newer versions of brew use: `brew install --cask sublime-text`. – rfreytag Apr 23 '21 at 12:07
@rfreytag Of course, updating my answer. Thanks for the reminder. – taylorthurlow Apr 23 '21 at 16:48

score 37 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 27 '17 at 16:02

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An update

Turns out now brew cask install sublime-text installs the most up to date version (e.g. 3) by default and brew cask is now part of the standard brew-installation.

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answered Nov 07 '16 at 06:58

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score 16 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 25 '17 at 17:30

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$ brew tap caskroom/cask
$ brew install brew-cask
$ brew tap caskroom/versions
$ brew cask install sublime-text

edited Oct 25 '17 at 17:30

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answered May 15 '15 at 00:04

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Doesn't work unless you run `brew tap caskroom/versions` too. – jsalonen Sep 05 '15 at 12:58
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Yes jsalonen, you are right, I will update my answer. Thank you – Abdulla Abu Zakham May 29 '16 at 13:59
`$ brew install brew-cask` warns `You must uninstall this formula. It is no longer needed to stay up to date, as Homebrew now takes care of that automatically.` – Snekse Jul 12 '16 at 21:10

score 5 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 25 '17 at 17:30

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I did not have brew cask installed so I had to install it first,so these were the steps I followed:

brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
brew tap caskroom/versions
brew cask install sublime-text

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answered Aug 13 '15 at 19:55

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Boaz · Answer 6 · 2023-04-23T10:56:25.380

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Edit: The command will now install version 4 instead of 3

To install Sublime Text 3 4 run:

brew install --cask sublime-text

reference: https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/sublime-text

edited Apr 23 '23 at 10:56

answered Jan 31 '21 at 11:06

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score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 25 '20 at 13:02

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As per latest updates, caskroom packages have moved to homebrew. So try following commands:

brew tap homebrew/cask
brew cask install sublime-text

These 2 terminal commands will be enough for installing sublime.

answered Aug 25 '20 at 13:02

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1218985 · Answer 8 · 2021-04-05T00:50:07.990

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Please note that brew cask <command> was deprecated in favor of brew <command> --cask in Homebrew 2.6.0. So as of 2021, you can use:

brew install --cask sublime-text

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answered Apr 05 '21 at 00:44

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Above is the correct answer as of 2022-11-07. – Urthor Nov 07 '22 at 00:11

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 12 '22 at 15:34

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As of 12-12-2022 I have just installed sublime-text using:

brew install sublime-text

No issue with working with sublime after the installation. Have just checked this. So I am not sure if you need 'cask' anymore.

answered Dec 12 '22 at 15:34

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