In this guide, we will show you various methods to fix the “no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew” error when you open the Terminal window on your Mac. The free and open-source software package management system, Homebrew, allows you to easily install applications on your Mac and Linux OS via CLI. To put it in simpler terms, “Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple (or your Linux system) didn’t”!
While it does this job quite effectively, bidding it adieu is proving to be quite a challenging task for many. Numerous users have voiced their concern that even after they have uninstalled the software and manually removed all its remaining folders and files, they are still being greeted with the below-mentioned error message:
/Users/sadique/.zprofile:2: no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew /Users/sadique/.zprofile:4: no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew /Users/sadique/.zprofile:6: no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew /Users/sadique/.zprofile:8: no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew
While for some, it’s only a single line, others are getting four lines of error messages. Moroever, these messages appear every time they launch the Terminal. Even though it isn’t affecting the normal workflow of the Terminal and it is working along the expected lines, however, these prompts are proving to be a great deal of inconvenience for the end users, and rightly so.
So in this guide, we will make you aware of a couple of nifty methods that should help you address this issue once and for all. Without any further ado, let’s check them out.
The Reason Behind This Error
The reason why you are getting this error message is due to the fact that zprofile is trying to source /opt/Homebrew/bin/brew shellenv while it should be sourcing /usr/local/bin/brew shellenv. So let’s proceed ahead and address this issue, which in turn would rectify the underlying error message as well.
Fix no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew
It is recommended that you try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and then see which one spells out success. So with that in mind, let’s get started. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.
FIX 1: Replace /opt/Homebrew/ with /usr/local/
To begin with, you’ll have to open your .zprofile file. This could be done either via GUI [Finder] or the CLI [Terminal]. As of now, we will be opting for the former method as it is easier to carry out.
- Launch Finder and go to the Home directory.
- Then press and hold Shift + CMD +. [period].
- This will show all the hidden files and folders.
- Open the .zprofile file from there via TextEdit
- Next up, search for the below-mentioned line
/opt/Homebrew/bin/brew shellenv
- Replace it with the line which is listed below:
/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv
- Finally, save the changes via Command+S.
- That’s it. This should fix the Homebrew error.
FIX 2: Comment the Line
If you have decided to uninstall Homebrew from your Mac, then you can simply comment those lines to make them non-executables. macOS will not be able to read them and hence you wouldn’t get bugged with that error message. Here’s how it could be done.
- Launch Finder and go to the Home directory.
- Then press and hold Shift + CMD +. [period].
- This will show all the hidden files and folders.
- Open the .zprofile file from there via TextEdit
- Comment the below line by adding # before:
/opt/Homebrew/bin/brew shellenv
- The line will now become:
# /opt/Homebrew/bin/brew shellenv
- Do so for all the other instances of this line.
- Finally, save the changes via Command+S.
FIX 3: Create a New Empty Directory!
One of Apple’s Support Community members has shared a nifty workaround to rectify this problem. When you previously installed Homebrew it configured your shell to automatically include Homebred-based apps in its $PATH – the list of directories it searches “when you don’t specify one”. When you removed Homebrew, you deleted this directory, but you didn’t update the shell to no longer look for it.
So the best way to address it is to create the directory it’s looking for. Even if it’s empty, it will satisfy the startup script to where it doesn’t complain anymore. Here’s how it can be done:
- Launch Terminal and execute the below command:
sudo mkdir -p /opt/homebrew/bin/brew
- Then type in your password and hit Enter.
- This will create a new directory in /opt/homebrew/bin/brew, which is the location the Terminal was looking for in the first place.
That’s it. These were the various methods that should help you fix the “no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew” error when you open the Terminal window on your Mac. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
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