homebrew – `brew install rar` failing with “Generic Artifact at ‘/usr/local/lib/default.sfx'”
> brew install rar
Running `brew update --auto-update`...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 3 taps (homebrew/cask-versions, homebrew/core and homebrew/cask).
==> New Casks
diffusionbee mailmate-beta readdle-spark
==> Downloading https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarmacos-x64-612.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Installing Cask rar
==> Purging files for version 6.12 of Cask rar
Error: It seems there is already a Generic Artifact at '/usr/local/lib/default.sfx'.
What’s this error saying?
> ll /usr/local/lib/default.sfx
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 pi admin 214K 5 May 01:23 /usr/local/lib/default.sfx*
I guess some prior brew install
has created this file, and it never got removed, and brew install rar
wants to re-write it.
I did remove and reinstall brew
lately.
I suppose I can just rename the file, and try again.
But is there a ‘correct’ solve?
PS I settled for brew install unar
in the end. Confusing that there’s rar
unrar
and unar
. If anyone can suggest which to best use, I am most grateful.
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