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Jordan Pierre
16,601 PointsProblems installing Ruby
Hello All,
I am currently on the Rails Development track. I was able to install the Ruby Development Environment with no problems and now I am in the Ruby Basics on the Ruby Foundations course. I installed Homebrew successfully but when I try to install "brew install git" I start having problems. This is the message I get in the console after I type in "brew install git":
Warning: You seem to have osx-gcc-installer installed.
Homebrew doesn't support osx-gcc-installer. It causes many builds to fail and
is an unlicensed distribution of really old Xcode files.
Please run xcode-select --install to install the CLT.
Warning: You have an outdated version of /usr/bin/install_name_tool installed.
This will cause binary package installations to fail.
This can happen if you install osx-gcc-installer or RailsInstaller.
To restore it, you must reinstall OS X or restore the binary from
the OS packages.
==> Downloading https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.1.0.tar.gz
################################################################## 100.0%
==> Patching
patching file contrib/subtree/Makefile
==> make prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/git/2.1.0 sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc CC=llvm-gcc CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= install
==> make CC=llvm-gcc CFLAGS= LDFLAGS=
git-credential-osxkeychain.c:139: error: ‘kSecProtocolTypeHTTPS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
git-credential-osxkeychain.c:141: error: ‘kSecProtocolTypeHTTP’ undeclared (first use in this function)
git-credential-osxkeychain.c:143: error: ‘kSecProtocolTypeSMTP’ undeclared (first use in this function)
git-credential-osxkeychain.c:151: error: ‘port’ undeclared (first use in this function)
make: *** [git-credential-osxkeychain.o] Error 1
couldn't understand kern.osversion 14.0.0'
couldn't understand kern.osversion14.0.0'
READ THIS: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/wiki/troubleshooting
These open issues may also help: Added new formaula for git-latexdiff (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/31683) Error: Permission denied - /Library/Caches/Homebrew/Formula/git.brewing (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/31460) brew git install failed to build on 10.5.8 (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/31391) brew tap from another git branch or commit (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/28909) git: patch remote helpers' sys.path to find hg/bzr libs (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/27537)
I then typed in "xcode-select --install" in the console and then got this message:
Usage: xcode-select -print-path or: xcode-select -switch <xcode_folder_path> or: xcode-select -version Arguments: -print-path Prints the path of the current Xcode folder -switch <xcode_folder_path> Sets the path for the current Xcode folder -version Prints xcode-select version information
After that I am still not able to to install "brew install git".
3 Answers
Andrew Molloy
37,259 PointsIf you've already got Ruby installed I wouldn't bother with the install from the Ruby Basics videos from the Foundations course. It's much older material and you're probably having issues with having a newer version of OS X. Just stick with the Ruby environment you've already installed as that's superseded the info from the Basics videos. I'm assuming you're using Vagrant? That's the current recommended development environment for Ruby, you can skip any other install methods from older courses.
J Scott Erickson
11,883 PointsSo, based on what you have said I'm assuming you're on a Mac. Good start. Are you using the most current version of XCode? if not, the first thing I would do is update that. THEN, go in and run the Command line tools task inside of XCode. This may clear up your issues with the osx-gcc-installer.
Jordan Pierre
16,601 PointsThanks Scott,
I am using a mac, and I think that I did update to the newest version of XCode. But I will try this just to make sure.
Philip Cox
14,818 PointsTreehouse really should be making clear that you may not require this install if you have the Vagrant VB installed.
Andrew Molloy
37,259 PointsAgreed, hopefully the notes will be updated to reflect it or the videos deprecated entirely.
Jordan Pierre
16,601 PointsJordan Pierre
16,601 PointsThank you Andrew,
I was also wondering about that. I wasn't sure if I had to install both. I am using Vagrant. I wish they would make that a little more clear.
Andrew Molloy
37,259 PointsAndrew Molloy
37,259 PointsI have seen on some videos where superseded installs are mentioned in the notes. Seems like this is a good case to have that here too (Jason Seifer ), although it could be some of these older courses will end up deprecated and/or replaced anyway.