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Homebrew: Error: update-report should not be called directly

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Running brew update I get the following: /usr/local/Library/brew.sh: line 32: /usr/local/Library/ENV/scm/git: No such file or directory /usr/local/Library/brew.sh: line 32: /usr/local/Library/ENV/scm/git: No such file or directory [etc..] Error: update-report should not be called directly! Calling brew config reports the following: HOMEBREW_VERSION: 0.9.9 ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew.git HEAD: 90e84453f9adda65de6b9274987d06e46caa5d37 Last commit: 4 hours ago Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core Core … Read more

Brew update failed: untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge

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Trying to update Homebrew with brew update I got the following error error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwrittenby merge: Library/Formula/argp-standalone.rb Library/Formula/cocot.rb Please move or remove them before you can merge. Aborting Updating e088818..5909e2c Error: Failed while executing git pull origin refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master I found a blog post by someone who experienced a … Read more

What is the difference/usage of homebrew, macports or other package installation tools? [closed]

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Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 7 years ago. Improve this question I’ve just recently switched to a Mac from Ubuntu. I was disappointed that mac doesn’t have the convenient sudo … Read more

Homebrew cask option not recognized?

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I am following an online resource for installing two Mac utilities http://www.economyofeffort.com/2014/08/11/beyond-ctrl-remap-make-that-caps-lock-key-useful/ Here is the pertinent section: Install both Karabiner and Seil. (Here again, if you use Homebrew Cask, you can do this with $ brew cask install karabiner and $ brew cask install seil But the cask option is not recognized? 06:51:35/shared $brew cask … Read more

Homebrew: Could not symlink, /usr/local/bin is not writable [closed]

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Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 2 years ago. Improve this question While installing tig, HomeBrew is displaying the following issues while installing a dependency: Error: The `brew link` step did … Read more