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Posted by Allison Walker
Allison Walker
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Resolving a conflict between Homebrew, and MacPorts or Fink?

I ran out of workspaces, so I decided to install npm locally using homebrew. However, after getting one error (cannot install node using available compilers), I ran brew install gcc. That took forever, but didn't work because apparently I have either MacPorts or Fink installed.

I am able to make some space in my Workspaces for now, to continue with the lesson but to continue with Homebrew I'm a little unsure since I don't remember installing MacPorts or Fink, so I don't know what they're used for. Has anyone run into this or have any advice?

Here are the errors and the links I got in terminal.

make[2]: *** [configure-stage2-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 1
make[1]: *** [stage2-bubble] Error 2
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2
Warning: It appears you have MacPorts or Fink installed.
Software installed with other package managers causes known problems for
Homebrew. If a formula fails to build, uninstall MacPorts/Fink and try again.

READ THIS: https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
`gcc`: Force DWARF-2 Debugging Data under Pre-Mavericks https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/46111
freeimage: patches for gcc 5.0 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/44612
yap: don't use GCC 5, which breaks https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/45977
gcc can't find compatible ISL https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/44444
How Do I Specify and Use Homebrew gcc-4.8 in a Formula Instead of OS X Bundled gcc? https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/46169
isl 0.15, cloog 0.18.4, gcc compatibility patch https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/44486
gcc causes false alarms in C++ stdlib check https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/45218
apple-gcc42 takes priority over modern gcc https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/41055
gcc 4.9.2 fails to produce debugging information https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/34976
Object files deleted during build of gcc needed by gdb https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/35734
MacOS.(gcc|clang|llvm)_version can return nil https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/18781