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sarahoostenbrug
sarahoostenbrug
300 Points
Posted by sarahoostenbrug
sarahoostenbrug
300 Points

Warning after running 'brew doctor'

Hi there,

I just installed Homebrew on my Mac (OS X 10.9.5). After installing it it said: Run brew doctor before you install anything Run brew help to get started

So I did run the 'brew doctor' and than following warning appeared:

Warning: You have an outdated version of /usr/bin/install_name_tool installed.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.

Warning: An outdated version of Git was detected in your PATH. Git 1.7.10 or newer is required to perform checkouts over HTTPS from GitHub. Please upgrade: brew upgrade 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.

As I am a completely newbie in this I would be very pleased to get some help from you. :) How can I update the /usr/bin/install_name_tool?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers, Sarah

1 Answer

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Were there any more instructions included? e.g. "Please run xcode-select --install to install the CLT"

Start there and see what changed ;)

sarahoostenbrug
sarahoostenbrug
300 Points
sarahoostenbrug
sarahoostenbrug
300 Points

Hi Tom,

sorry, me again. I just installed git and one warning less! Yipiii! :)

So my other two problems do still exist:

Warning: You have an outdated version of /usr/bin/install_name_tool installed.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.

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.

I have no clue how I should get rid of the first warning (outdated version of /usr/bin/install_name_tool)...Any idea?

Cheers, Sarah