From f1468da77bfad6654333fef9147153249eac4e50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Allen Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 14:15:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix brew osxfuse install instructions. Reported by @ejholmes at: * https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/177#issuecomment-324290935 License: MIT Signed-off-by: Steven Allen --- docs/fuse.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/fuse.md b/docs/fuse.md index 52164565156..d3bb8f7499e 100644 --- a/docs/fuse.md +++ b/docs/fuse.md @@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ Depending on whether you are using OSX or Linux, follow the proceeding instructi ## Mac OSX -- OSXFUSE -It has been discovered that versions of `osxfuse` prior to `2.7.0` will cause a kernel panic. For everyone's sake, please upgrade (latest at time of writing is `2.7.4`). The installer can be found at https://osxfuse.github.io/. There is also a homebrew formula (`brew install osxfuse`) but users report best results installing from the official OSXFUSE installer package. +It has been discovered that versions of `osxfuse` prior to `2.7.0` will cause a kernel panic. For everyone's sake, please upgrade (latest at time of writing is `2.7.4`). The installer can be found at https://osxfuse.github.io/. There is also a homebrew formula using cask but users report best results installing from the official OSXFUSE installer package: + +```sh +brew tap caskroom/cask # if you don't have cask yet +brew cask install osxfuse +``` Note that `ipfs` attempts an automatic version check on `osxfuse` to prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot if you have pre `2.7.0`. Since checking the OSXFUSE version [is more complicated than it should be], running `ipfs mount` may require you to install another binary: