/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/macos.rb:251:in `require': no such file to load -- macos/xcode (LoadError)

[fud]

brew
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/macos.rb:251:in require': no such file to load -- macos/xcode (LoadError) from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/macos.rb:251 from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:3:inrequire'
from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:3
from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:7:in require' from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:7 from /usr/local/bin/brew:17:inrequire'
from /usr/local/bin/brew:17

[jacknagel]

What goes git status say inside /usr/local? It appears your installation is corrupted.

[jacknagel]

Depending on the state of the repository in /usr/local, you should be able to just git reset --hard, otherwise reinstall Homebrew.

[buunguyen]

I am having exactly the same issue. It just appeared out of nowhere today. Since I haven't used Homebrew for a couple of weeks, I'm not sure which system change caused it.

git status in /usr/local

# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#   .gitignore
#   CONTRIBUTING.md
#   Library/
#   README.md
#   bin/
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

I already reinstalled Homebrew but the issue persists. Running Mountain Lion and latest version of XCode.

[emil79]

I'm seeing the same issue. I recently installed rvm (Ruby version manager) - could that have had something to do with it? I did a git status in /usr/local and it found lots of deleted files.

[MikeMcQuaid]

@emil79 Yes, that could.
@buunguyen Did you install RVM? What happens when you run brew update?

[buunguyen]

No I don't have RVM. All brew commands, including brew update, show that error.

[MikeMcQuaid]

brew doctor and brew --config output please.

[emil79]

I have now reinstalled homebrew as I couldn't wait, but this what I got from brew doctor:

[17:52:49] $ brew doctor
/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/macos.rb:249:in `require': no such file to load -- macos/xcode (LoadError)
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/macos.rb:249
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:3:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:3
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:5:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:5
    from /usr/local/bin/brew:17:in `require'
    from /usr/local/bin/brew:17

[buunguyen]

I have the exact problem as @emil79 after reinstalling. Not just brew doctor, but every other brew command fails.

[MikeMcQuaid]

Have you both already installed the Xcode CLT?

[zzzev]

I have the same issue. I have installed the XCode CLTs. I cannot re-install because when I attempt to install it says it's already installed, and I cannot do either the instructions there (brew cleanup will not run) or the uninstall script (brew --prefix will not run), because all brew commands, including brew doctor have the following output (note there's a different line number in macos.rb than the other paste in this thread; not sure if that's important):

/usr/local/Library/Homebrew/macos.rb:251:in `require': no such file to load -- macos/xcode (LoadError)
from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/macos.rb:251
from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:3:in `require'
from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb:3
from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:5:in `require'
from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:5
from /usr/local/bin/brew:17:in `require'
from /usr/local/bin/brew:17

EDIT: Update: I removed the /usr/local/Library folder based on comments on the gist that contains the uninstall script; it allowed me to re-install brew properly and appears to be working again. Obviously this is not necessarily a great idea.

[buunguyen]

Yes, I do have CLT (version 4.5.0.0.1.1249367152) installed.

[nalply]

I had this problem after fixing the PATH because brew doctor said: Error: /usr/bin occurs before /usr/local/bin.

Perhaps I messed up Homebrew by running some things from /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin.

git reset --hard fixed Homebrew for me.

[purplehat7]

Where are you running git reset --hard? I'm having the same error from all brew commands, specifically:

/usr/local/bin/brew:17:in``require': no such file to load -- global (LoadError) from /usr/local/bin/brew:17

Running git status in /usr/local gives me the following error:

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

[nalply]

In /usr/local I think. However it seems that you deleted important files, and git reset --hard won't help you. Try and reinstall Homebrew.

[purplehat7]

This is my output from running ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" as per the install instructions on http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/:

`==> This script will install:
/usr/local/bin/brew
/usr/local/Library/...
/usr/local/share/man/man1/brew.1

Press ENTER to continue or any other key to abort
==> Downloading and Installing Homebrew...
remote: Counting objects: 116787, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (55416/55416), done.
remote: Total 116787 (delta 80895), reused 93716 (delta 60419)
Receiving objects: 100% (116787/116787), 18.83 MiB | 115 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (80895/80895), done.
From https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew

• [new branch] master -> origin/master
  error: unable to create symlink Library/ENV/pkgconfig/10.4 (Permission denied)
  fatal: cannot create directory at 'Library/ENV/pkgconfig/10.5': Permission denied
  Failed during: git reset --hard origin/master`

I've also tried uninstalling Homebrew via the uninstall_brew.sh script but bash uninstall_brew.sh requires that I run brew update, which--being a brew command--triggers the error:

/usr/local/bin/brew:17:in require': no such file to load -- global (LoadError) from /usr/local/bin/brew:17

Since bash uninstall_brew.sh failed, I ran rm -rf /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/ but trying to reinstall via ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" generates the same error as above.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[nalply]

Try to change the owner of Library/ENV/pkgonfig to your own. Perhaps by: sudo chown $(whoami) -R /usr/local then try to reinstall, but I am not sure whether this helps you. Your system seems to be quite messed up.

[purplehat7]

Running sudo chown $(whoami) -R /usr/local/ gives chown: -R: No such file or directory

[nalply]

This is not a support forum. Additionally: These sudo commands are powerful. If you don't know what you do you can completely destroy your system. I do not feel at ease to give help to you anymore.