Install failed - now it's stuck!

[jasonbutler]

Error log:
Jasons-MBP:~ Jason$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"
Failed to locate Homebrew!
Jasons-MBP:~ Jason$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
It appears Homebrew is already installed. If your intent is to reinstall you
should do the following before running this installer again:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"
Jasons-MBP:~ Jason$ brew doctor
-bash: brew: command not found
Jasons-MBP:~ Jason$ brew update
-bash: brew: command not found
Jasons-MBP:~ Jason$

It wont uninstall, update or run anything - I can't get it off my machine to try again! Help

[tdsmith]

Try rm -rf /usr/local/.git.

[tingyu66]

I got the same issue after I upgraded my machine from Maverick to Yosemite. Exactly the same error log as @jasonbutler.

I first used $ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)" and tried to uninstall homebrew. I cannot find the log, but it indeed deleted something and output some error. After that I think /usr/local/bin/brew was deleted. Eventually got the same error as Jason.

I tried the command provided by @tdsmith, but it doesn't work. Appreciate your help, thanks.

[tingyu66]

@jasonbutler
I brought my brew back to life, after rm the sudo rm -rf /usr/local/.git and chown username /usr/local, I finally can reinstall brew. Thanks @tdsmith for the help.

[williameliel]

@tdsmith +1

[Z-starts]

@tdsmith +1

[bys-levi-lu]

@tingyu66 +1

[DomT4]

Closing with the known fix then. Thanks @tingyu66.

[alexbaumgertner]

@tdsmith 👍 it works!

[fengshuinality]

Thank you @tingyu66!

[LavareX]

Thanks.It works!

[nhathm]

@tdsmith +1

[jerrylau91]

@tdsmith +1, thank you very much! helped me a lot.

[code4a]

@tdsmith +1, thanks, and retry ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)", success!

[tdsmith]

Why are so many people having this problem? I would have thought this would be esoteric.

[mehadhe]

@tdsmith +1, Thank you bro :-) Thank you very much....

[saurabhmaun]

Working (Y)

[tdebroc]

+1