How to fix "Zsh: command not found - brew" on MacBook M1 silicon devices

4/2/2021

Homebrew can be installed on Apple silicon M1 devices but the installation script put the files into this directory
(/opt/homebrew)
So, when you try to use any command like "brew help"
you will get this error message "Zsh: command not found - brew"
which means you have to move homebrew to its correct place under usr/local folder

You can watch the correct process for homebrew installation from here

To correct the installation you have to use these commands separately on terminal
1) Write this command on terminal; and press return

export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"

2) Then this command on terminal and press return

echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH"' >> $HOME/.zshrc

you will see nothing after these commands and this is good.
now, write the command "brew help"
you will find that everything is ok and homebrew is working correctly :)

To watch the process of correcting homebrew installation, follow this link

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you faced any problem while applying the process.

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Error: upx: no bottle available!
You can try to install from source with:
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Please note building from source is unsupported. You will encounter build
failures with some formulae. If you experience any issues please create pull
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official channels.

what I should do to install ups om Mac M1

sherif eid

5/30/2021 09:47:52 pm

please test if you installed homebrew correctly, just write this command "brew doctor" on terminal ,, inform me what message you get ?

aylen

6/3/2021 02:01:50 am

i have the same problem, the brew doctor says: Your system is ready to brew.

Man

6/15/2021 09:49:34 am

Hi, I am having the same issue.
I followed the steps above but "brew help" or "brew doctor" returns with the same error "Zsh: command not found - brew"

Is there a way to uninstall brew and follow the steps again?

Also, following the brew installation video, it never puts any file in usr folder.

Thanks

6/1/2021 03:56:56 am

Thanks for replying, here is message I got.

todmacmini@Tods-Mac-mini ~ % brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry or file an issue; just ignore this. Thanks!

Warning: Homebrew's "sbin" was not found in your PATH but you have installed
formulae that put executables in /opt/homebrew/sbin.
Consider setting your PATH for example like so:
echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
todmacmini@Tods-Mac-mini ~ %

Sikhil

6/12/2021 06:38:07 pm

Hi..
I too had the same issues like Mr.Tod.
First it showed "no bottle available" and when I tried "brew doctor" it showed sbin was not found in your path.
Pls help..

Sem

7/6/2021 06:49:47 pm

Hi Sherif Eid

I had the same issue with Tod.
Any solution for this problem?
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Brian

7/11/2021 07:15:32 pm

This was really frustrating me, and this fix worked perfect! Thank you so much

Ayushman Kumar Priyadarshan

7/22/2021 06:34:00 pm

Thanks a lot. this issue cost me 4 days of struggling.

Simon

10/18/2021 01:00:48 am

Doesn't work, what a joke.

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