brew cask reinstal: Error: No such file or directory - brew

[ftc2]

General troubleshooting steps

• I have retried my command with --force and the issue is still present.
• I have checked the instructions for reporting bugs (or making requests) before opening the issue.
  • None of the templates was appropriate for my issue, or I’m not sure.
• I ran brew update-reset && brew update and retried my command.
• I ran brew doctor, fixed as many issues as possible and retried my command.
• I understand that if I ignore these instructions, my issue may be closed without review.

Description of issue

failure with brew cask reinstall
Error: No such file or directory - brew

i've tested with two casks.
it works coconutbattery but fails with virtualbox
might just be some issue in the virtualbox cask, not sure.

i've tried at least the following things:

• --force
• brew doctor
• brew update-reset && brew update
• cd $(brew --repo); git fetch; git reset --hard origin/master; brew update

thanks for looking

Output of your command with --verbose --debug

$ brew cask reinstall virtualbox --verbose --debug                                                                                       
==> Hbc::Installer#reinstall
==> Hbc::Installer#install
==> Printing caveats
==> Hbc::Installer#fetch
==> Satisfying dependencies
==> Downloading
==> Downloading http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.6/VirtualBox-5.2.6-120293-OSX.dmg
Already downloaded: /Users/ftc2/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask/virtualbox--5.2.6-120293.dmg
==> Downloaded to -> /Users/ftc2/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask/virtualbox--5.2.6-120293.dmg
==> Verifying download
==> Determining which verifications to run for Cask virtualbox
==> Checking for verification class Hbc::Verify::Checksum
==> 1 verifications defined
Hbc::Verify::Checksum
==> Running verification of class Hbc::Verify::Checksum
==> Verifying checksum for Cask virtualbox
==> SHA256 checksums match
==> Uninstalling Cask virtualbox
==> Un-installing artifacts
==> 4 artifact/s defined
#<SortedSet:0x00000102056768>
==> Un-installing artifact of class Hbc::Artifact::PreflightBlock
==> Executing: ["brew", "cask", "uninstall", "virtualbox-extension-pack"]
Error: No such file or directory - brew
Follow the instructions here:
  https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask#reporting-bugs
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/2.3.0/open3.rb:199:in `spawn'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/2.3.0/open3.rb:199:in `popen_run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/2.3.0/open3.rb:95:in `popen3'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/system_command.rb:88:in `each_output_line'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/system_command.rb:25:in `run!'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/system_command.rb:14:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/system_command.rb:18:in `run!'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/dsl/base.rb:14:in `system_command'
/usr/local/Caskroom/virtualbox/.metadata/5.2.0-118431/20171105181403.163/Casks/virtualbox.rb:15:in `block (2 levels) in load'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/abstract_flight_block.rb:38:in `instance_eval'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/abstract_flight_block.rb:38:in `abstract_phase'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/abstract_flight_block.rb:26:in `uninstall_phase'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:403:in `block in uninstall_artifacts'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/2.3.0/set.rb:674:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/2.3.0/set.rb:674:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:400:in `uninstall_artifacts'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:353:in `uninstall'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:115:in `uninstall_existing_cask'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:76:in `install'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:104:in `reinstall'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/reinstall.rb:10:in `block in run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/reinstall.rb:5:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/reinstall.rb:5:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/abstract_command.rb:35:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli.rb:98:in `run_command'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli.rb:168:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli.rb:132:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/cask.rb:8:in `cask'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:100:in `<main>'
Error: Kernel.exit
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli.rb:179:in `exit'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli.rb:179:in `rescue in run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli.rb:156:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli.rb:132:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/cask.rb:8:in `cask'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:100:in `<main>'

Output of brew cask doctor

$ brew cask doctor
==> Homebrew-Cask Version
Homebrew-Cask 1.5.4-88-g650d6db
caskroom/homebrew-cask (git revision 58514; last commit 2018-02-24)
==> macOS
10.12.6
==> SIP
Enabled
==> Java
N/A
==> Homebrew-Cask Install Location
<NONE>
==> Homebrew-Cask Staging Location
/usr/local/Caskroom
==> Homebrew-Cask Cached Downloads
~/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask (16 files, 613.0MB)
==> Homebrew-Cask Taps:
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-cask (3921 casks)
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-drivers (144 casks)
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-eid (10 casks)
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-fonts (1159 casks)
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-versions (172 casks)
==> Contents of $LOAD_PATH
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/did_you_mean-1.0.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.3.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.3.0/x86_64-darwin9.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.3.0/universal-darwin9.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.3.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.3.0/x86_64-darwin9.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.3.0/universal-darwin9.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/2.3.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/2.3.0/x86_64-darwin9.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/lib/ruby/2.3.0/universal-darwin9.0
==> Environment Variables
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/scm"
SHELL="/usr/local/bin/zsh"

[commitay]

brew cask install --force virtualbox

[ftc2]

thanks
please close issue (unless reinstall is expected to work here)

[commitay]

This was an uninstall issue with the old version of the Cask, it won't occur again.