System Failed: Brew Update

After some update the message of 'Some System Updates Failed Systems Failed: Brew Update' started appearing. I ran ujust update and it all went fine, no errors or anything. Funny thing though - it didn't even try updating brew, that section just did not appear. I noticed I have

bash: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew: No such file or directory

bash: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew: No such file or directory

bash: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew: No such file or directory

bash: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew: No such file or directory on top of my terminal. I tried rebasing to 41 but I got:

error: Updating rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-free-updates': Failed to download gpg key for repo 'rpmfusion-free-updates': Curl error (37): Could not read a file:// file for file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-41 [Couldn't open file /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-41]

error: Updating rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-free-updates': Failed to download gpg key for repo 'rpmfusion-free-updates': Curl error (37): Could not read a file:// file for file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-41 [Couldn't open file /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-41]

error: Updating rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-free-updates': Failed to download gpg key for repo 'rpmfusion-free-updates': Curl error (37): Could not read a file:// file for file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-41 [Couldn't open file /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-41]

error: Updating rpm-md repo 'rpmfusion-free-updates': Failed to download gpg key for repo 'rpmfusion-free-updates': Curl error (37): Could not read a file:// file for file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-41 [Couldn't open file /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-41]

So that's about the extent of my knowledge. So did brew somehow get wiped...? Any way to fix this? I suspect this happened with update to 42. Seems like it's not the answer to life, universe and everything.

Also this is the

rpm-ostree status

rpm-ostree status

State: idle
Deployments:
● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:20faa2b23b1d415f9182d38fc8c039114e11059511a4c189ffd5997d5f34b517
Version: 42.20250513 (2025-05-13T16:14:14Z)
LayeredPackages: coolercontrol liquidctl

ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite:stable
Digest: sha256:1ef5fa460cf052572aa831ffb4ad1142af2f53e20910f867d99b8cf74cf8d6c0
Version: 42.20250511 (2025-05-12T03:51:29Z)
LayeredPackages: coolercontrol liquidctl

Solution

So I sudo these 2 lines proposed by @tulip to reinstall brew and it seems to have worked so far. ujust update also does its thing properly now and updates brew. No more pop up.

Sorry for the @ just wanted to let you know this issue is still present. I'm guessing it's more popular but people that don't use brew like me just don't notice it till that pop up starts showing up.

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biebel•5/14/25, 6:31 AM

Try brew doctorbrew doctor to see if that fixes your issue

Bbiebel Try `brew doctor` to see if that fixes your issue

AresOP•5/14/25, 2:15 PM

bash: brew: command not foundbash: brew: command not found seems like there's no brew in my bazzite

CheckYourFax•5/14/25, 2:44 PM

:huh:

biebel•5/14/25, 2:44 PM

what do you get from systemctl brew-setup.servicesystemctl brew-setup.service ?

biebel•5/14/25, 2:45 PM

the cavalry is here

CheckYourFax•5/14/25, 2:47 PM

What happens when you type which brewwhich brew

Bbiebel 🤔 what do you get from `systemctl brew-setup.service` ?

AresOP•5/14/25, 4:33 PM

In red Unknown command verb 'brew-setup.service'.Unknown command verb 'brew-setup.service'.

CCheckYourFax What happens when you type `which brew`

AresOP•5/14/25, 4:33 PM

/usr/bin/which: no brew in (/home/Ares/.local/bin:/home/Ares/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin)

/usr/bin/which: no brew in (/home/Ares/.local/bin:/home/Ares/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin)

AresOP•5/14/25, 4:34 PM

I'm not an expert but that one looks pretty damn funky

biebel•5/14/25, 4:35 PM

oops my bad systemctl status brew-setup.servicesystemctl status brew-setup.service

Bbiebel oops my bad `systemctl status brew-setup.service`

AresOP•5/14/25, 4:36 PM

○ brew-setup.service - Setup Brew
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/brew-setup.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
└─10-timeout-abort.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
Condition: start condition unmet at Wed 2025-05-14 16:11:14 CEST; 2h 24min ago
└─ ConditionPathExists=!/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew was not met

May 14 16:11:14 bazzite systemd[1]: brew-setup.service - Setup Brew was skipped because of an unmet condition >
lines 1-9/9 (END)

biebel•5/14/25, 5:08 PM

I'm going to leave this to the experts.

Bookingyo•5/15/25, 11:33 AM

I've been getting something similar for a few weeks now.

What is strange I have no issue running ujust update, brew update, brew doctor; however, I continue to receive popup notifications that it uupd Brew update failed.

systemctl status brew-setup.service
○ brew-setup.service - Setup Brew
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/brew-setup.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: inactive (dead)
  Condition: start condition unmet at Tue 2025-05-13 17:17:09 EDT; 1 day 14h ago
             └─ ConditionPathExists=!/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew was not met

May 13 17:17:09 epoch systemd[1]: brew-setup.service - Setup Brew was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=!/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew).

systemctl status brew-setup.service
○ brew-setup.service - Setup Brew
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/brew-setup.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: inactive (dead)
  Condition: start condition unmet at Tue 2025-05-13 17:17:09 EDT; 1 day 14h ago
             └─ ConditionPathExists=!/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew was not met

May 13 17:17:09 epoch systemd[1]: brew-setup.service - Setup Brew was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=!/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew).

Bookingyo•5/15/25, 11:35 AM

is it normal to have two linuxbrew folder structures? One is hidden inside linuxbrew folder with the exact same folders and files

BBookingyo is it normal to have two linuxbrew folder structures? One is hidden inside linux...

termdisc•5/15/25, 1:33 PM

I do not use brew often enough to know for sure, but I can tell you that my /home/linuxbrew/home/linuxbrew folder only contains the .linuxbrew.linuxbrew folder which as the contents of yours

termdisc•5/15/25, 1:34 PM

I don't know why yours has the contents of .linuxbrew.linuxbrew in the /home/linuxbrew/home/linuxbrew folder

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 1:36 PM

Let me check where brew itself is installed on the image. Maybe if you directly point to the binary and then do doctor it might help?

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 1:36 PM

I've never seen this issue before

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 1:40 PM

looks like its not actually on the image, its just pushed to the home folder

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 1:40 PM

at install

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 1:41 PM

When did you guys install Bazzite?

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 1:46 PM

I don't have all of the contents inside /home/linuxbrew either

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 1:46 PM

its under /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 1:51 PM

Can you guys go to terminal and do this command:

/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/brew doctor/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/brew doctor

CCheckYourFax Can you guys go to terminal and do this command: `/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbre...

AresOP•5/15/25, 3:25 PM

bash: /var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/brew: No such file or directorybash: /var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/brew: No such file or directory That's what the structure looks like in my case. I've installed either last year of beginning of this year. Looking at some files, January 2025

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 3:27 PM

try it without .linuxbrew

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 3:27 PM

/var/home/linuxbrew/bin/brew doctor

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 3:28 PM

I honestly don't know how your homebrew files got all garbled up like that

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 3:28 PM

this is definitely all wrong

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 3:29 PM

let's hope /var/home/linuxbrew/bin/brew doctor/var/home/linuxbrew/bin/brew doctor does something

AAres `bash: /var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/brew: No such file or directory` That's w...

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 3:30 PM

oh sorry it was supposed to be /var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew doctor/var/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew doctor I forgot /bin/

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 3:31 PM

otherwise just try and find where the brewbrew executable is and launch it from terminal with doctordoctor argument

termdisc•5/15/25, 3:34 PM

spitballing some ideas -- the main brew installer only installs to /home/linuxbrew/home/linuxbrew, so that might be a nuclear option to manually reinstall it

CheckYourFax•5/15/25, 3:41 PM

that's an idea too

AresOP•5/15/25, 4:25 PM

Yeah, no idea what got fucked during some update. That's fun. I'll be honest, I half expect that I'll install brew and few updates later end up with 2 brews

Bookingyo•5/15/25, 10:52 PM

same I've had bazzite installed for well over a year, a recent update changed something

Bookingyo•5/15/25, 10:53 PM

or maybe I installed a brew for testing at some point, this is what I get when I print out the list

/var/home/linuxbrew$ brew list
==> Formulae
berkeley-db@5  expat  f3  gdbm    libxcrypt  perl  wakeonlan

==> Casks

/var/home/linuxbrew$ brew list
==> Formulae
berkeley-db@5  expat  f3  gdbm    libxcrypt  perl  wakeonlan

==> Casks

AresOP•5/16/25, 10:23 PM

Seems like this issue existed for a while https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/issues/2132

Seems like relevant bluefin threads:
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/brew-command-not-found-on-blufin/6890
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/homebrew-not-installed/6797
https://github.com/ublue-os/bluefin/issues/2154#issuecomment-2611488708

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Solution

Ares•5/16/25, 10:57 PM

CheckYourFax•5/17/25, 1:12 AM

https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite/commit/223dc7147591aa4d560b6433dbc831aa6b7ff520

Do you guys happen to update using a desktop shortcut of System Update?

CheckYourFax•5/17/25, 1:19 AM

Okay never mind it seems unrelated? We need to figure out how to reproduce it, because I just can't

Bookingyo•5/17/25, 1:25 AM

I run ujust update or use the system update option in the start menu (KDE)

AresOP•5/17/25, 3:51 AM

Any time I manually update I use

ujust update

ujust update

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