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Amit
Amit

Reputation: 21

I cant seem to install Homebrew on my system

Using Mac OS Sierra (Version 10.12.1).... following is the error I get ... Please help

Amits-MacBook-Pro:~ amitsubba$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

==> This script will install:

/usr/local/bin/brew

/usr/local/share/doc/homebrew

/usr/local/share/man/man1/brew.1

/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew

/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/brew

/usr/local/Homebrew

==> The following new directories will be created:

/usr/local/lib

Press RETURN to continue or any other key to abort

==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/mkdir -p /usr/local/lib

Password:

mkdir: /usr/local/lib: Not a directory

Failed during: /usr/bin/sudo /bin/mkdir -p /usr/local/lib

Amits-MacBook-Pro:~ amitsubba$

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2679

Answers (3)

Michael Alan Huff
Michael Alan Huff

Reputation: 3512

I just ran into the same problem and it was because I already had a simlink at usr/local/bin

drwxr-xr-x  2 michael.huff  admin  64 Mar 18 11:40 Caskroom
drwxrwxrwx  2 michael.huff  admin  64 Mar 18 11:40 Cellar
drwxrwxr-x  2 michael.huff  admin  64 Mar 18 11:40 Frameworks
drwxrwxrwx  2 michael.huff  admin  64 Mar 18 11:40 Homebrew
lrwxr-xr-x  1 michael.huff  admin  24 Feb 25 16:54 bin -> /usr/local/jamf/bin/jamf
drwxrwxr-x  2 michael.huff  admin  64 Mar 18 11:40 etc
drwxrwxr-x  2 michael.huff  admin  64 Mar 18 11:40 include
drwxr-xr-x  3 michael.huff  admin  96 Feb 28 23:32 jamf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root          wheel  64 Mar 18 14:09 lib
drwxrwxr-x  2 michael.huff  admin  64 Mar 18 11:40 opt
drwxrwxr-x  2 michael.huff  admin  64 Mar 18 11:40 sbin
drwxrwxr-x  3 michael.huff  admin  96 Mar 18 11:40 share
drwxrwxr-x  3 michael.huff  admin  96 Mar 18 11:40 var

All I had to do was sudo rm /usr/local/bin and then try reinstalling brew again.

Upvotes: 0

DeepN
DeepN

Reputation: 21

You need to delete lib file in /usr/local:

cd /usr/local  
rm lib

Also give full permissions to directories Homebrew and Cellar in the same directory:

sudo chmod 777 Homebrew/
sudo chmod 777 Cellar/

And then run below commands:

sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local; brew update
rm -rf /usr/local/.git

Now try to install homebrew using ruby as usual.

Upvotes: 2

equal-l2
equal-l2

Reputation: 969

Manually create /usr/local/lib and then retry installing.

Upvotes: 0

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