Installing Homebrew on macOS Catalina

Hi Simon! Thanks for reaching out. Can you please execute the following commands: brew update-reset && brew update and retry running 

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Hope this helps but please feel free to get back to us should you need further assistance. Thank you. Best,
Martin

Hello Martin G I have. tried your suggestion but still get pretty much the same error:   brew update-reset && brew update ==> Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew... remote: Enumerating objects: 307, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (307/307), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (37/37), done. remote: Total 368 (delta 284), reused 280 (delta 270), pack-reused 61 Receiving objects: 100% (368/368), 106.04 KiB | 620.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (287/287), completed with 103 local objects. From https://github.com/Homebrew/brew  * [new branch]          dependabot/bundler/Library/Homebrew/sorbet-0.5.5869 -> origin/dependabot/bundler/Library/Homebrew/sorbet-0.5.5869  * [new branch]          dependabot/bundler/Library/Homebrew/sorbet-runtime-0.5.5869 -> origin/dependabot/bundler/Library/Homebrew/sorbet-runtime-0.5.5869    63fa38a57..0227ac5b1  master     -> origin/master ==> Resetting /usr/local/Homebrew... Branch 'master' set up to track remote branch 'master' from 'origin'. Switched to and reset branch 'master' Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'. ==> Homebrew has enabled anonymous aggregate formulae and cask analytics. Read the analytics documentation (and how to opt-out) here:   https://docs.brew.sh/Analytics No analytics have been recorded yet (or will be during this `brew` run). ==> Tapping homebrew/core Cloning into '/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core'... remote: Enumerating objects: 136, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (136/136), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (96/96), done. error: RPC failed; curl 18 transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly fatal: early EOF fatal: index-pack failed Error: Failure while executing; `git clone https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core` exited with 128. Error: Failure while executing; `/usr/local/bin/brew tap homebrew/core` exited with 1. I tried re-running the install script too and, that also failed with the same message.  The failure always happens at the git clone ...homebrew-core stage of the install.   I looked on Google for similar issues and most of the solutions said something about a slow internet connection and suggested using SSH for the cloning connection instead of https but, that would involve editing the install script which, is just beyond the limit of what I'm capable of.   Do you have any other ideas? Regards SJ  

Hi SJ! Thanks for your reply and I am sorry that the previous suggestion didn't help. Sometimes dealing with installation issues requires the exchange of a few messages but I hope we will be able to find the solution soon. The biggest challenge is that this problem is really case-specific and regards two different software products, so I do hope we will be able to provide useful assistance as soon as possible. Can you please make sure that you have Xcode installed? You can download it from the Mac App Store.  After you've done that successfully, please execute the following command in Terminal to install Command Line Tools for it: xcode-select --install Once you've completed these steps successfully, retry installing Workbench through Homebrew as suggested in the course. Hope this helps but please feel free to get back to us should you need further assistance. Thank you. Best,
Martin

Hello Martin G, I really appreciate your help.  I used to work in support and commonly the first answer to a problem isn't the solution so, I know where you are coming from.  I wanted to get started with the SQL course so, I worked around the problem by installing it on a desktop PC running Windows10, which worked seamlessly.  At some point I shall return to the problem and try and get the install working on my Mac.  It's good advice to make sure the Xcode works - MacOS is Linux-like in that, there can be hidden dependancies that the OS is relying on before it can install something else. Anyway, let's park this issue for now and I'll let you know when and if I get back to the install on my Mac.   Best regards SJ