How does one "move HOMEBREW_CELLAR to /usr/local/Cellar" ? #3316

gangofnuns · 2022-05-29T16:55:37Z

gangofnuns
May 29, 2022

TL;DR

How does one: "move your HOMEBREW_CELLAR" ?

How does one prevent packages from being installed under /usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar ?

Full explanation

I feel silly asking such a simple question in front of an already busy forum,
but I'm pretty confused at this point. I've read lots of posts about M1 Macs,
Intel vs Apple Silicon hardware, people reinstalling homebrew packages from
location to location.

There are too many scenarios for me to understand easily which recipe applies
to my situation. I wish there were a procedural roadmap somewhere --
(Maybe I can make one to help others?). Please enlighten me if the solution
is simple, and I just cannot pinpoint the answer through all the search
engine noise about different platforms.

Facts:

I am on an Intel Mac. Big Sur. Latest patch: 11.6.5
Most of my packages are Casks installed under /usr/local/Cellar.

I continually get the following WARNING message:

Warning: your HOMEBREW_PREFIX is set to /usr/local but HOMEBREW_CELLAR is set
to /usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar. Your current HOMEBREW_CELLAR location will stop
you being able to use all the binary packages (bottles) Homebrew provides. We
recommend you move your HOMEBREW_CELLAR to /usr/local/Cellar which will get you
access to all bottles."

I must be misunderstanding the intent of this message, because there appears to
be no way to do what the WARNING suggests.

I've tried uninstalling all my Casks from /usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar, and
into /usr/local/Cellar a few times using methods suggested on StackOverflow,
with only temporary success. I'm able to reinstall packages, but the
WARNING above just returns again the next time I install something. I've tried
updating brew. I've tried the 'brew update-reset' command. The WARNINGs just return.

Question: How does one do the following?

"[...] move your HOMEBREW_CELLAR to /usr/local/Cellar which will
get you access to all bottles."

I understand the part about getting access to all bottles. Right now, packages
are being forced to recompile from scratch with every install, which works, but
is impractically slow.

How do you "move your HOMEBREW_CELLAR" ? How does one stop packages
from being installed under /usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar by default? I've searched
through the FAQ, but I still feel like I am missing something obvious.

SMillerDev · 2022-05-29T17:14:06Z

SMillerDev
May 29, 2022

How did you install homebrew? Because this sounds like a tarbal install gone wrong. Additionally, please post when you actually get this warning.

3 replies

gangofnuns May 31, 2022
Author

I just performed the standard install recommended on the FAQ page -- the curl call that grabs a script called install.sh.
Is there another way to install that would set this var differently? Or can I set it myself? I'm honestly not sure how it is getting misset, but I could dig a bit and find out.

JacksonUptain Jan 15, 2023

I believe you can skip the hassle and look up how to move files via the internet, it took me 5 minutes to find solutions.

SMillerDev Jan 15, 2023

@JacksonUptain please stop confusing people with answers that have nothing to do with Homebrew or you'll be blocked.

gromgit · 2022-05-30T05:50:52Z

gromgit
May 30, 2022

If you installed Homebrew in the default location, i.e HOMEBREW_PREFIX == /usr/local, then HOMEBREW_CELLAR defaults to /usr/local/Cellar, so it looks like you manually set HOMEBREW_CELLAR to /usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar for some reason.

What is the output of the following:

echo $HOMEBREW_CELLAR
brew shellenv

2 replies

gangofnuns May 31, 2022
Author

I'm approaching the problem very naively, but willing to delve and learn. I don't know enough at present to grok how or why I would change any defaults, or even which defaults can be changed. I went with the standard, boilerplate install that is recommended on the Homebrew FAQ page. (It's a curl call that downloads an installer written in shell, called "install.sh".

RE: your question -- I did not manually set HOMEBREW_CELLAR, but I see now that the variable is defined in the install.sh script, so I'm guessing it's possible to change it? Here's how it is being set on my mac at present:

$ echo $HOMEBREW_CELLAR
brew shellenv

export HOMEBREW_PREFIX="/usr/local/homebrew";
export HOMEBREW_CELLAR="/usr/local/homebrew/Cellar";
export HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY="/usr/local/homebrew";
export PATH="/usr/local/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/homebrew/sbin${PATH+:$PATH}";
export MANPATH="/usr/local/homebrew/share/man${MANPATH+:$MANPATH}:";
export INFOPATH="/usr/local/homebrew/share/info:${INFOPATH:-}";

It looks like the problem might be that HOMEBREW_CELLAR is being set to /usr/local/homebrew/Cellar, not /usr/local/Cellar, which sounds like it might fix the problem. I am definitely not setting it manually. Is there a way to manually set HOMEBREW_CELLAR to /usr/local/Cellar ? The only problem I can see would be that /usr/local itself seems to be unalterable (but everything below it would be, presumably).

gromgit May 31, 2022

This is the root problem:

$ brew shellenv
export HOMEBREW_PREFIX="/usr/local/homebrew";
[...]

brew shellenv tailors its output according to where Homebrew is actually installed. In this case, it's saying that you really installed Homebrew in /usr/local/homebrew, but manually set HOMEBREW_PREFIX to /usr/local for some reason, so it's no wonder Homebrew is confused.

The canonical way to address this is to reinstall Homebrew in the standard location (/usr/local), then everything will fall naturally into place. The official Homebrew installer does this automatically.

Failing which, you could try manually moving the /usr/local/homebrew/Cellar directory to /usr/local/Cellar, then export HOMEBREW_CELLAR=/usr/local/Cellar. You'd have to add the export HOMEBREW_CELLAR line to the startup file that currently contains your export HOMEBREW_PREFIX, then delete that export HOMEBREW_PREFIX line. There's no guarantee that this approach won't surface other problems in the future, though.

jgte · 2023-01-07T16:28:22Z

jgte
Jan 7, 2023

Hello @gangofnuns,

I had the same problem as you. Even after the uninstall/install dance, the problem persisted. I looked in the brew and brew.sh scripts and this is what i found out:

HOMEBREW_PREFIX is resolved based on the location of the brew script (the one you get when you do which brew). If this script is in /usr/local/bin, then HOMEBREW_PREFIX is /usr/local. If it is in /usr/local/Homebrew/bin, then HOMEBREW_PREFIX is /usr/local/Homebrew. This happens irrespective of wether or not you "manually set HOMEBREW_PREFIX to /usr/local for some reason", which you probably didn't.
Odds are that, as is my case, you have a link in /usr/local to /usr/local/Homebrew/brew. If in your $PATH the directory /usr/local comes before /usr/local/Homebrew/, then HOMEBREW_PREFIX is /usr/local; as you may have guessed HOMEBREW_PREFIX is /usr/local/Homebrew if not. So, this is not an issue of installation or you taking some kind of obscure action to "manually set HOMEBREW_PREFIX to /usr/local for some reason". It's just sloppy bash programming: checking if $0 is a link or an actual file would have solved this in the brew script.
This "feature" escalates quickly when you have a Cellar left over in /usr/local/Homebrew, because the brew.sh script checks if the directory ${HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}/Cellar exists to assign it to HOMEBREW_CELLAR (HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY is actually /usr/local/Homebrew). I'm not sure why this is done, but I'm guessing there's a good reason. If this directory doesn't exist, then HOMEBREW_CELLAR is the expected ${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/Cellar. I also have no idea why there's a Cellar in my /usr/local/Homebrew, I don't have the habit of changing default settings in brew just for fun.
Fortunately, the warning message already has the solution: simply move all contents of /usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar to /usr/local/Cellar and then delete the latter:

$ brew shellenv
export HOMEBREW_PREFIX="/usr/local";
export HOMEBREW_CELLAR="/usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar";
export HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY="/usr/local/Homebrew";
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin${PATH+:$PATH}";
export MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man${MANPATH+:$MANPATH}:";
export INFOPATH="/usr/local/share/info:${INFOPATH:-}";
$ rsync -aH --update --times --itemize-changes Homebrew/Cellar/ Cellar/
...
$ rm -fr Homebrew/Cellar/
$ brew shellenv
export HOMEBREW_PREFIX="/usr/local";
export HOMEBREW_CELLAR="/usr/local/Cellar";
export HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY="/usr/local/Homebrew";
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin${PATH+:$PATH}";
export MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man${MANPATH+:$MANPATH}:";
export INFOPATH="/usr/local/share/info:${INFOPATH:-}";

After doing this, I came on to a bump:

$ brew update
git: 'remote-https' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
Error: Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew failed!

To fix this: brew reinstall git

This is typically the go-to solution to all sorts of mayhem that moving the cellar like this will cause. I also had a problem with jenv, but reinstall fixed it nicely.

So far, it seems to hold up as expected.

8 replies

gromgit Mar 19, 2023

What's the output of brew config and brew doctor?

kangawoo44 Mar 19, 2023

I followed all the warnings fix suggetions from brew doctor and resolved all the issues. Thanks @gromgit

MiracleBlue Dec 29, 2023

For those of us that managed to make this even worse for ourselves by thinking we could just create a symlink to the brew binary under /usr/local/bin or one of the other sub-directories, here's my story:

In my case, brew shellenv would report this exact path /usr/local/ as being my HOMEBREW_PREFIX, but then a which brew gave me the /opt/homebrew location. So I went into /usr/local and couldn't find anything about the Cellar. It wasn't until I checked /usr/local/bin and discovered a file descriptor in there for brew that I realised what I had done! And yes, I have a very bad memory, past-me seems to enjoy leaving future-me with stuff like this.

trinitronx Jul 15, 2024

@jgte: 🙏 Thanks for this!

Edited for emphasis & ADHD focus assistance:

HOMEBREW_PREFIX is resolved based on the location of the brew script (the one you get when you do which brew).

If this script is in /usr/local/bin, then HOMEBREW_PREFIX is /usr/local.

If it is in /usr/local/Homebrew/bin, then HOMEBREW_PREFIX is /usr/local/Homebrew.

This happens irrespective of wether^(sp)
or not you "manually set HOMEBREW_PREFIX to /usr/local for some reason", which you probably didn't.

In my case, I did set HOMEBREW_PREFIX... which historically worked for many years, and then stopped working recently.

It turns out, that in some auto-provisioning Chef bootstrap scripts, I did set HOMEBREW_PREFIX, properly according to detected CPU architecture, due to the historic problem of Homebrew not supporting the Apple Silicon / M1 without this setting. As such, I set HOMEBREW_PREFIX to /usr/local on Intel-based Macs, and /opt/homebrew on Arm / Apple Silicon-based Macs. Now, things have changed in Homebrew itself so it now supports Apple Silicon vs. Intel with those prefixes for each...

Except this problem of a "sticky" HOMEBREW_CELLAR path still happened to me when installing on an older Intel x86_64 MacBook when HOMEBREW_PREFIX was set correctly!

The issue was due to this old MacBook having brew installed to: /usr/local/Homebrew/bin/brew for historic reasons (it was installed prior to the HOMEBREW_CELLAR prefix switch to /usr/local/Cellar, which I had to migrate manually at some point a year or two ago).

So, although I set HOMEBREW_PREFIX correctly (/usr/local) for this platform and machine, things kept getting installed to the old location: /usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar. I even checked the source code here to validate that everything should be working properly. Initially, it seemed like everything should be working how I expected, except it didn't actually do so!

Little did I know, that also HOMEBREW_PREFIX was set differently in this brew script here. It turns out that the brew command on this machine was installed to /usr/local/Homebrew/bin/brew thanks to being an old installation of Homebrew on an old MacBook. Therefore, the prefix was being overridden by the script trying to detect it from it's location on disk.

TL;DR

The fix was to ensure that PATH is set such that which brew returns the new location prefix: /usr/local/bin/brew

gromgit Jul 16, 2024

This is why even the current discussion templates require brew config and brew doctor output. I wouldn't be surprised a whole bunch of discussion never got opened, because the querents ran brew config and brew doctor as required, then went "WTF?!?!" and solved their own problems. 😀

joefresna · 2024-02-12T13:24:54Z

joefresna
Feb 12, 2024

Hello,

I am quite desperate too and I would love some help with this issue.

I have a MacBook Pro M3, Sonoma 14.3.1.

When I run brew upgrade I get the following error:

brew upgrade
==> Downloading https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json
############################################################################################################################################################################################################################ 100.0%
==> Upgrading 174 outdated packages:
Error: No such file or directory @ rb_check_realpath_internal - /usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar

and it's right to say that it can't find anything there, because the Cellar is actually in /usr/local/Cellar where I can see several directories, etc.

When I run the brew shellenv, it looks ok:

$ brew shellenv
export HOMEBREW_PREFIX="/usr/local";
export HOMEBREW_CELLAR="/usr/local/Cellar";
export HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY="/usr/local/Homebrew";
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin${PATH+:$PATH}";
export MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man${MANPATH+:$MANPATH}:";
export INFOPATH="/usr/local/share/info:${INFOPATH:-}";

and

$ which brew
/usr/local/bin/brew

The path looks ok but then it searches in the wrong place... Would anyone know how to fix, or move ahead, with this?

Thanks in advance!

2 replies

joefresna Feb 12, 2024

for completeness, this is the output of brew config:

$ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.2.7-140-g352f57d
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew.git
HEAD: 352f57d7538d8480a761c35b5996aa2bce382447
Last commit: 15 hours ago
Core tap HEAD: 6b8078a6d1c820233752a084ff09833a746d2d5c
Core tap last commit: 53 minutes ago
Core tap JSON: 12 Feb 13:20 UTC
Core cask tap HEAD: 0d7a8764ae3f0658ee2199b39101520913dc89cf
Core cask tap last commit: 3 hours ago
Core cask tap JSON: 12 Feb 12:42 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY: /usr/local/Homebrew
HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /usr/local/Cellar
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_DISPLAY: /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.MdOSY06pnx/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 12
HOMEBREW_SORBET_RUNTIME: set
Homebrew Ruby: 3.1.4 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.1.4/bin/ruby
CPU: dodeca-core 64-bit westmere
Clang: 15.0.0 build 1500
Git: 2.39.3 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
Curl: 8.4.0 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 14.3.1-x86_64
CLT: 15.0.1.0.2.5
Xcode: 15.2
Rosetta 2: true

joefresna Feb 12, 2024

PS. I tried brew doctor but it does not fix the issues.

gromgit · 2024-02-13T02:47:07Z

gromgit
Feb 13, 2024

PS. I tried brew doctor but it does not fix the issues.

Like IRL doctors, brew doctor prescribes remedies, but it doesn't apply the "fixes" for you.

What's the full output of brew doctor?

6 replies

gromgit Feb 13, 2024

I assume you're intentionally running a Rosetta (Intel CPU emulation) Homebrew setup, in developer mode.

Try brew update-reset, then brew doctor again. Note that brew update-reset will nuke all uncommitted and unpushed changes in all your Homebrew taps, so definitely commit/push all the edits you want to keep first.

joefresna Feb 15, 2024

No, I am not intentionally running Rosetta emulation, I think I inherited this from my previous laptop. My previous Mac was Intel and I transferred all the setup to the new M3 machine. Therefore, possibly, Homebrew remained linked to the Intel configuration...

Any idea of how I could change that?

joefresna Feb 15, 2024

Unfortunately, the reset did not help...

$ brew update-reset
==> Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1152, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (982/982), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (470/470), done.
remote: Total 836 (delta 510), reused 653 (delta 342), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (836/836), 236.75 KiB | 16.91 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (510/510), completed with 86 local objects.
From https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
   352f57d75..947525893  master     -> origin/master
 * [new tag]             4.2.8      -> 4.2.8

==> Resetting /usr/local/Homebrew...
branch 'master' set up to track 'origin/master'.
Reset branch 'master'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

==> Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-bundle...

==> Resetting /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-bundle...
branch 'master' set up to track 'origin/master'.
Reset branch 'master'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

==> Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask...
remote: Enumerating objects: 2504, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (2504/2504), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (889/889), done.
remote: Total 2504 (delta 1929), reused 2151 (delta 1615), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (2504/2504), 711.32 KiB | 7.65 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1929/1929), completed with 381 local objects.
From https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask
   0d7a8764ae..30da35d558  master     -> origin/master

==> Resetting /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask...
branch 'master' set up to track 'origin/master'.
Reset branch 'master'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

==> Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions...
remote: Enumerating objects: 311, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (311/311), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (129/129), done.
remote: Total 274 (delta 200), reused 215 (delta 145), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (274/274), 65.90 KiB | 10.98 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (200/200), completed with 34 local objects.
From https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions
   af727ad10..286c6c7f2  master     -> origin/master

==> Resetting /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions...
branch 'master' set up to track 'origin/master'.
Reset branch 'master'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

==> Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core...
remote: Enumerating objects: 4888, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (2688/2688), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (418/418), done.
remote: Total 4888 (delta 2427), reused 2485 (delta 2270), pack-reused 2200
Receiving objects: 100% (4888/4888), 1.69 MiB | 14.39 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (3623/3623), completed with 272 local objects.
From https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
   6b8078a6d1c..3d6a09e27f3  master     -> origin/master

==> Resetting /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core...
branch 'master' set up to track 'origin/master'.
Reset branch 'master'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

==> Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/osx-cross/homebrew-avr...

==> Resetting /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/osx-cross/homebrew-avr...
branch 'main' set up to track 'origin/main'.
Reset branch 'main'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.

JF-MacBook:~ joefresna$ brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry or file an issue; just ignore this. Thanks!

Warning: Some installed kegs have no formulae!
This means they were either deleted or installed manually.
You should find replacements for the following formulae:
  python@2
  wine
  gmp@4
  auctex
  coin
  unrar
  matplotlib
  szip
  [email protected]

Warning: Some installed formulae are deprecated or disabled.
You should find replacements for the following formulae:
  ilmbase
  libftdi0
  libhid
  [email protected]
  opencv@3
  [email protected]
  xml2

Warning: Unbrewed dylibs were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected dylibs:
  /usr/local/lib/libAquaIntLib.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libFreeWRLEAI.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libFreeWRLFunc.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libFreeWRLjs.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeid.2.7.4.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidcardlayer.4.0.7.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidcommon.1.0.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidcommon.4.0.7.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeiddialogsQT.4.0.7.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidgui.1.5.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidlibjni.2.7.2.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidlibopensc.2.2.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidlibopenscinternal.2.2.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidpkcs11.4.0.7.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libemergentlib.7.0.1.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libexpat.1.5.2.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.3.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.8.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libqt-mt.3.3.8.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libtcl8.6.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libtemt.7.0.1.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libtk8.6.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libxerces-c-3.1.dylib

Warning: Unbrewed header files were found in /usr/local/include.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected header files:
  /usr/local/include/EAI_C.h
  /usr/local/include/EAIheaders.h
  /usr/local/include/GeneratedHeaders.h
  /usr/local/include/X3DNode.h
  /usr/local/include/argos3/core/config.h
  /usr/local/include/argos3/core/control_interface/ci_actuator.h
  /usr/local/include/argos3/core/control_interface/ci_controller.h
....
  /usr/local/include/argos3/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/qtopengl_widget.h
  /usr/local/include/fakemysql.h
  /usr/local/include/fakepq.h
  /usr/local/include/fakesql.h
  /usr/local/include/itcl.h
  /usr/local/include/itcl2TclOO.h
  /usr/local/include/itclDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/itclInt.h
  /usr/local/include/itclIntDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/itclMigrate2TclCore.h
  /usr/local/include/itclTclIntStubsFcn.h
  /usr/local/include/mysqlStubs.h
  /usr/local/include/odbcStubs.h
  /usr/local/include/pqStubs.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/_camera.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/_pygame.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/_surface.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/camera.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/font.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/freetype.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/_pygame.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/bitmask.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pgcompat.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pgimport.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pgplatform.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_bufferproxy.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_font.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_freetype.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_mask.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_mixer.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/sse2neon.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/mask.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/mixer.h
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  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pgcompat.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pgopengl.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pgplatform.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pygame.h
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  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/surface.h
  /usr/local/include/tcl.h
  /usr/local/include/tclDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/tclOO.h
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  /usr/local/include/tclTomMath.h
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  /usr/local/include/tdbc.h
  /usr/local/include/tdbcDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/tdbcInt.h
  /usr/local/include/tk.h
  /usr/local/include/tkDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/tkPlatDecls.h

Warning: Unbrewed '.pc' files were found in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected '.pc' files:
  /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/argos3_simulator.pc
  /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/tcl.pc
  /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/tk.pc

Warning: Unbrewed static libraries were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected static libraries:
  /usr/local/lib/libtclstub8.6.a
  /usr/local/lib/libtkstub8.6.a

Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar.
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause formulae that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built. Run `brew link` on these:
  python@2
  ghostscript
  avr-binutils
  tcl-tk
  [email protected]
  texinfo
  [email protected]
Error: Parameter 'name': Expected type String, got type NilClass
Caller: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:693
Definition: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:153
Please report this issue:
  https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/configuration.rb:296:in `call_validation_error_handler_default'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/configuration.rb:303:in `call_validation_error_handler'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:300:in `report_error'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:136:in `block in validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/signature.rb:213:in `each_args_value_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:133:in `validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:109:in `block in create_validator_slow_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:693:in `load_from_api'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:684:in `klass'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:502:in `get_formula'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:745:in `factory'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `bind_call'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:109:in `block in create_validator_slow_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:836:in `from_keg'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `bind_call'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:109:in `block in create_validator_slow_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:787:in `from_rack'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `bind_call'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:109:in `block in create_validator_slow_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:732:in `block in check_for_unreadable_installed_formula'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:731:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:731:in `check_for_unreadable_installed_formula'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:61:in `block in doctor'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:54:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:54:in `doctor'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:86:in `<main>'

SMillerDev Feb 15, 2024

It's probably this:

Warning: Some installed kegs have no formulae!
This means they were either deleted or installed manually.
You should find replacements for the following formulae:
  python@2
  wine
  gmp@4
  auctex
  coin
  unrar
  matplotlib
  szip
  [email protected]

Some of these formulae are really old and might have a configuration that no longer exists.

joefresna Feb 15, 2024

Thanks for the suggestion, I uninstalled all of them, but I did not progress.

$ brew upgrade
==> Downloading https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json

==> Upgrading 174 outdated packages:
Error: No such file or directory @ rb_check_realpath_internal - /usr/local/Homebrew/Cellar
JF-MacBook:Cellar joefresna$ brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry or file an issue; just ignore this. Thanks!

Warning: Some installed formulae are deprecated or disabled.
You should find replacements for the following formulae:
  ilmbase
  libftdi0
  libhid
  [email protected]
  opencv@3
  [email protected]
  xml2

Warning: Unbrewed dylibs were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected dylibs:
  /usr/local/lib/libAquaIntLib.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libFreeWRLEAI.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libFreeWRLFunc.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libFreeWRLjs.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeid.2.7.4.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidcardlayer.4.0.7.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidcommon.1.0.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidcommon.4.0.7.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeiddialogsQT.4.0.7.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidgui.1.5.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidlibjni.2.7.2.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidlibopensc.2.2.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidlibopenscinternal.2.2.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libbeidpkcs11.4.0.7.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libemergentlib.7.0.1.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libexpat.1.5.2.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.3.0.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.8.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libqt-mt.3.3.8.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libtcl8.6.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libtemt.7.0.1.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libtk8.6.dylib
  /usr/local/lib/libxerces-c-3.1.dylib

Warning: Unbrewed header files were found in /usr/local/include.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected header files:
  /usr/local/include/EAI_C.h
  /usr/local/include/EAIheaders.h
  /usr/local/include/GeneratedHeaders.h
  /usr/local/include/X3DNode.h
  /usr/local/include/argos3/core/config.h
  /usr/local/include/argos3/core/control_interface/ci_actuator.h
....
  /usr/local/include/argos3/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/qtopengl_widget.h
  /usr/local/include/fakemysql.h
  /usr/local/include/fakepq.h
  /usr/local/include/fakesql.h
  /usr/local/include/itcl.h
  /usr/local/include/itcl2TclOO.h
  /usr/local/include/itclDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/itclInt.h
  /usr/local/include/itclIntDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/itclMigrate2TclCore.h
  /usr/local/include/itclTclIntStubsFcn.h
  /usr/local/include/mysqlStubs.h
  /usr/local/include/odbcStubs.h
  /usr/local/include/pqStubs.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/_camera.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/_pygame.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/_surface.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/camera.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/font.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/freetype.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/_pygame.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/bitmask.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pgcompat.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pgimport.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pgplatform.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_bufferproxy.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_font.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_freetype.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_mask.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/pygame_mixer.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/include/sse2neon.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/mask.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/mixer.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/palette.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pgarrinter.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pgbufferproxy.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pgcompat.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pgopengl.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pgplatform.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/pygame.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/scrap.h
  /usr/local/include/python3.9/pygame/surface.h
  /usr/local/include/tcl.h
  /usr/local/include/tclDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/tclOO.h
  /usr/local/include/tclOODecls.h
  /usr/local/include/tclPlatDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/tclThread.h
  /usr/local/include/tclTomMath.h
  /usr/local/include/tclTomMathDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/tdbc.h
  /usr/local/include/tdbcDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/tdbcInt.h
  /usr/local/include/tk.h
  /usr/local/include/tkDecls.h
  /usr/local/include/tkPlatDecls.h

Warning: Unbrewed '.pc' files were found in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected '.pc' files:
  /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/argos3_simulator.pc
  /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/tcl.pc
  /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/tk.pc

Warning: Unbrewed static libraries were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.

Unexpected static libraries:
  /usr/local/lib/libtclstub8.6.a
  /usr/local/lib/libtkstub8.6.a

Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar.
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause formulae that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built. Run `brew link` on these:
  ghostscript
  avr-binutils
  tcl-tk
  [email protected]
  texinfo
  [email protected]
Error: Parameter 'name': Expected type String, got type NilClass
Caller: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:693
Definition: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:153
Please report this issue:
  https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/configuration.rb:296:in `call_validation_error_handler_default'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/configuration.rb:303:in `call_validation_error_handler'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:300:in `report_error'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:136:in `block in validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/signature.rb:213:in `each_args_value_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:133:in `validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:109:in `block in create_validator_slow_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:693:in `load_from_api'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:684:in `klass'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:502:in `get_formula'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:745:in `factory'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `bind_call'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:109:in `block in create_validator_slow_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:836:in `from_keg'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `bind_call'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:109:in `block in create_validator_slow_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb:787:in `from_rack'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `bind_call'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:167:in `validate_call_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.1.0/gems/sorbet-runtime-0.5.11255/lib/types/private/methods/call_validation.rb:109:in `block in create_validator_slow_skip_block_type'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:732:in `block in check_for_unreadable_installed_formula'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:731:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb:731:in `check_for_unreadable_installed_formula'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:61:in `block in doctor'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:54:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/doctor.rb:54:in `doctor'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:86:in `<main>'

itai1357 · 2024-08-13T14:03:21Z

itai1357
Aug 13, 2024

It happened me as well,

I have some bad symbolic link:

/usr/local/bin/brew

after removing it everything worked as expected

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