I didn't mark as "answered" this thread

[setanarut]

Output of brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.3.19
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 1f9bd2de89883ec9a59db3eab0f5475bce06d5bc
Last commit: 4 days ago
Core tap JSON: 05 Sep 21:56 UTC
Core cask tap JSON: 05 Sep 21:56 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: ["--appdir=~/Applications", "--fontdir=~/Library/Fonts"]
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 8
Homebrew Ruby: 3.3.4 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.3.4_1/bin/ruby
CPU: octa-core 64-bit skylake
Clang: 14.0.0 build 1400
Git: 2.37.1 => /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 12.7.6-x86_64
CLT: 14.2.0.0.1.1668646533
Xcode: N/A

Output of brew doctor

Your system is ready to brew.

Description of issue

brew install google-earth-pro command installs to wrong folder even though environment variable is home folder. It also asks for Sudo permission.

Command installs to /Applications instead ~/Applications

HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: ["--appdir=~/Applications", "--fontdir=~/Library/Fonts"]

Relevant casks

google-earth-pro

[SMillerDev]

It's not an app install but a pkg, so brew has no control over the location

[SMillerDev]

Homebrew can install the pkg file to the desired location with a shell command

Homebrew can try, but it has no guarantees if that works because it's up to the pkg developer to support that.

[SMillerDev]

If you're confident it can be done, please make a pull request to support it.

[carlocab]

Why do I care who he is?

Because you should probably be nicer to a person who uses their spare time to work on a tool that's given away for free, without asking for anything in return.

That just seems like common decency to me. Of course, if you don't believe in common decency: please take your complaints elsewhere.

[carlocab]

I also wasted my time by reporting bugs.

The Homebrew project will live without your bug reports. OTOH, it won't if people like @SMillerDev don't spend their time working on it. These two things are not the same.

In any case: being willing to take the time to report bugs doesn't exclude anyone from common decency.

I am not grateful to anyone for my bad software experience.

If your experience of using brew, all things considered, is bad, then please don't use it. If that's not your overall experience: then this comment is not relevant.