Installing Vale CLI

Vale CLI is a style linter you can use to improve your writing style. Here’s a quick oveview: What is the Vale CLI style checker.

After you install Homebrew, which can be a little tricky, you install Vale CLI by running the brew install vale command:

$ brew install vale
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/vale/manifests/2.15.5
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==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/vale/blobs/sha256:8b2094cb8521d
==> Downloading from https://pkg-containers.githubusercontent.com/ghcr1/blobs/sh
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==> Pouring vale--2.15.5.x86_64_linux.bottle.tar.gz
🍺  /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar/vale/2.15.5: 5 files, 13.0MB
==> Running `brew cleanup vale`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).

That’s it! Pretty easy. You’re ready to start using Vale CLI with Markdown or HTML.

You also need to install a parser if you plan to use Vale CLI with the following markup formats:

• reStructuredText
• AsciiDoc
• DITA
• XML
• Code

For example, because I use Vale with Asciidoc markup, I install the asciidoctor parser:

$ brew install asciidoctor
[...]
==> Installing dependencies for asciidoctor: libyaml and ruby
[...]
==> Installing asciidoctor
==> Pouring asciidoctor--2.0.17.x86_64_linux.bottle.tar.gz
🍺  /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Cellar/asciidoctor/2.0.17: 3,059 files, 22.4MB
==> Running `brew cleanup asciidoctor`...