Error with avidemux

[geoghegan]

When doing a brew update / brew upgrade the following error occurs.

==> Casks with `auto_updates` or `version :latest` will not be upgraded
==> Upgrading 8 outdated packages:
Error: Cask 'avidemux' definition is invalid: Token '{:v1=>"avidemux"}' in header line does not match the file name.

What am I doing wrong?

[gromgit]

That's a symptom of a Homebrew setup that hasn't been updated in a very long while. What does brew config and brew doctor output?

[geoghegan]

Hi,

Brew config and brew doctor below

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 2.5.8
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 1c822206a05cd7fffe526b8e0fa2f45365be72a5
Last commit: 11 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 51ec13fd94b1fc82dbcd43d1a312fe7e4e7a4957
Core tap last commit: 6 hours ago
Core tap branch: master
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DISPLAY: /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.hKle5FlHyz/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 4
Homebrew Ruby: 2.6.3 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/bin/ruby
CPU: quad-core 64-bit haswell
Clang: 12.0 build 1200
Git: 2.24.3 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
Curl: 7.64.1 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: 12.0.2, 1.7.0_75
macOS: 10.15.7-x86_64
CLT: 12.0.26.2
Xcode: 12.0.1
XQuartz: 2.7.11 => /opt/X11```

```brew doctor
Warning: Unexpected method 'license' called on Cask yubikey-personalization-gui.
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Warning: A newer Command Line Tools release is available.
Update them from Software Update in System Preferences or run:
  softwareupdate --all --install --force

If that doesn't show you an update run:
  sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
  sudo xcode-select --install

Alternatively, manually download them from:
  https://developer.apple.com/download/more/.


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  python@2

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  /usr/local/include/jack/intclient.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/jack.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/jslist.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/metadata.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/midiport.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/net.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/ringbuffer.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/session.h
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  /usr/local/include/jack/transport.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/types.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/uuid.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/weakjack.h
  /usr/local/include/jack/weakmacros.h

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Warning: Broken symlinks were found. Remove them with `brew cleanup`:
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  /usr/local/share/devhelp/books/libsigc++-2.0
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[gromgit]

Aside from the issues found by brew doctor, that you may have to address if future builds fail, the core problem seems to be that you didn't upgrade avidemux for a very long time, so the cask format that it was installed under is no longer supported. You'll have to purge it:

$ brew uninstall --force avidemux
$ rm -fr "$(brew --prefix)/Caskroom/avidemux"

and reinstall.

[geoghegan]

ok, thank for your help!