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Jordan Warbelow-Feldstein
Jordan Warbelow-Feldstein

Reputation: 10748

Can't `brew link` an unlinked keg

$: which node
$: node
-bash: node: command not found
$: brew install node
Error: node-0.6.18 already installed
$: brew doctor
Error: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built.

node

$: brew link node
Error: No such file or directory - /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.6.5
$: brew uninstall node
Error: No such file or directory - /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.6.5
$: brew install node
Error: node-0.6.18 already installed

How do I get my node back on track??

Upvotes: 24

Views: 56803

Answers (7)

user12410581
user12410581

Reputation:

I had the same problem with ruby. I wanted to uninstall it. Here is the fix that worked for me

brew install ruby

Then

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Then When I tried uninstall it worked.

brew uninstall ruby

So you can do the same by replacing ruby with node. Then install it again and it will be fixed.

Upvotes: 0

Haseeb Chaudhary
Haseeb Chaudhary

Reputation: 1

I puzzled over this for a long time. Nothing worked. I'm using macOS.

In a terminal, execute the following command to get nvm setup with appropriate node.js settings (for further details on what the script does read this https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.0/install.sh):

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.0/install.sh | zsh

Restart your terminal and run the following:

nvm -v You should see a version.

Now let's install node:

nvm install 14.15 When the installation is finished, run:

node -v

You should be good to go.

Upvotes: 0

Fares ATOUI
Fares ATOUI

Reputation: 1

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/node@12/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Upvotes: 0

L_Sonic
L_Sonic

Reputation: 585

I personally had to work some sudo chmod magic for node files that were not writable. Brew didn't take care of them by default even after --force was enabled.

Upvotes: 0

Adam Chwedyk
Adam Chwedyk

Reputation: 428

I was getting:

$ brew link node
Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/node
$ brew link node@8
Warning: node@8 is keg-only and must be linked with --force

That command helped to get everything working again:

brew link --overwrite --force node@8

Upvotes: 8

user3681732
user3681732

Reputation: 1

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:

brew link --overwrite node

Upvotes: 0

Jordan Warbelow-Feldstein
Jordan Warbelow-Feldstein

Reputation: 10748

I was able to relink the correct version of node by running:

brew cleanup
brew link node
brew uninstall node
brew install node

Upvotes: 55

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