Homebrew failing to install git

[mbbroberg]

Hey folks - total new guy here so apologies if I'm missing some prerequisites.

I'm trying to use cinderella - http://www.atmos.org/cinderella/ - but homebrew believes that git isn't installed. I'm running brew install git and getting this kind of output towards the failure message:

HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /Users/vader/Developer
CPU: dual-core 64-bit penryn
MacOS: 10.7.3-x86_64
Xcode: 4.3.2
CC: /usr/bin/llvm-gcc => /usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2
CXX: /usr/bin/llvm-g++ => /usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-g++-4.2
LD: /usr/bin/llvm-gcc => /usr/llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2
CFLAGS: -Os -w -pipe -march=core2 -msse4.1
CXXFLAGS: -Os -w -pipe -march=core2 -msse4.1
CPPFLAGS: -isystem /Users/vader/Developer/include
LDFLAGS: -L/Users/vader/Developer/lib
MAKEFLAGS: -j2
Error: Failed executing: make CC=/usr/bin/llvm-gcc CFLAGS=-Os\ -w\ -pipe\ -march=core2\ -msse4.1 (git.rb:57)
These existing issues may help you:
#8643
#9023
#9618
#10544
#11481
Otherwise, please report the bug:
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/reporting-bugs
vader:~ vader$

Looking over the issues found here I'm not finding anything of help. Much appreciative of feedback and 101 guidance.

[mistydemeo]

Could you do brew install git -v and paste the output to gist.github.com?

[MikeMcQuaid]

And generally follow the instructions here please: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/reporting-bugs

@mistydemeo I wonder if that message isn't obvious enough; it sounds like it's just going to be the bug reporting page.

[mistydemeo]

@MikeMcQuaid Yeah, might be better as something like "Please read the following troubleshooting instructions before reporting the bug:"

[2bits]

@mjbrender welcome to Homebrew! The basic idea is that things just work when you install Homebrew to /usr/local. The second thing that people can miss is that Xcode-4.3+ installs as an app and works the best when three things happen: you uninstall the previous Xcode first; you use Xcode Preferences, Downloads, Components to install the Command Line Tools; and you run
sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
On my iTouch atm, hope I got that right. If u can do those things, life will be a thousand times easier for you. Follow Mike & Misty's advice. Let us know how things go.

[frankhmiv]

I've also had this problem and found it to typically be fixed by following @2bits instructions to uninstall the previous Xcode, install the new Xcode command line tools, and use xcode-select to point to the new dev tools contents.

It may also be that re-running xcode-select after upgrading to a new app-store installed Xcode helps.

[samueljohn]

It would be cool, if homebrew could work without the hassle of installing the command line tools..
Oh, wait...
This might be a good place to advertise my proposal which you can find in the pull request: #10510

I could need some help in terms of testing and reviewing over there :-)

[mbbroberg]

Thanks so much everyone! Apologies for the delay as well.. I was away presenting at a tech conference and had to refocus.

The thing with cinderella is that it expects I'll be developing in my ~/Developer/ folder, so brew doctor shows some errors.. does anyone here use cinderella?

Thanks again.

[adamv]

Ping @atmos

[atmos]

@mjbrender You get git from the the xcode command line tools but homebrew goes on to manage its own after that. Please direct this over to https://github.com/atmos/cinderella/issues and I can give you a hand getting things working.