Linuxbrew broke cmake compile

[na6an]

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Unable to check other checklists because brew is not installed but still causing the issue. See following descriptions for detail.

What you were trying to do (and why)

I installed brew on my ubuntu (64-bit, 16.04 LTS), following some answer on stackoverflow - simply tried to install a package with brew (qt if I remember correctly).

What happened (include command output)

Linuxbrew somehow overrode the paths of every build system - python, cmake, etc. I spent some time to solve this problem searching on the internet but eventually gave up (already tried path edit on bash profiles, exporting path, etc), decided to run fresh, so I installed a fresh new Ubuntu on one of my extra HDD after formatting the drive - booting directly on this new disk. (I didn't wipe out the original ubuntu because I couldn't back up and I don't really wipe out unless it's the last resort)

I never installed brew on this new system, but cmake tries to attempt to build using a brew path when I run builds like catkin_build for ROS. Following is the error message I'm getting when I catkin_build.

Command output

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#### Running command: "make cmake_check_build_system" in "/home/nathan/CarND-Capstone/ros/build"
####
make: /home/nathan/.linuxbrew/Cellar/cmake/3.12.4/bin/cmake: Command not found
Makefile:1734: recipe for target 'cmake_check_build_system' failed
make: *** [cmake_check_build_system] Error 127

  

What you expected to happen

Usually, fresh OS installation solves every software related problem but not this time. I don't know how it's possible, but the legacy brew setting on the original, primary disk is overriding the build path on the new Ubuntu installation on a different disk. I want to find a solution to correct the path linuxbrew is overriding.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

I cannot really reproduce the issue since brew is not installed anymore, but the brew legacy setting is still causing the problem. I really need to fix this ASAP. Please help!

[sjackman]

Check the files ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc for any reference to Linuxbrew, and remove those lines. Does the directory ~/.linuxbrew exist?

[sjackman]

Please report the output of env | grep -i linuxbrew

[na6an]

Thanks for the help. There is no reference to Linuxbrew in either of ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc, no directory ~/.linuxbrew exist. and nothing returns as output of env | grep -i linuxbrew. And yet, I'm still getting make: /home/nathan/.linuxbrew/Cellar/cmake/3.12.4/bin/cmake: Command not found error... I've never seen anything like this before.

[na6an]

FYI, I'm having the same symptom for 2 different fresh new installations of Ubuntu 16.04.

1. on the different partition of same disk, and 2. on different disk (Physically).

[sjackman]

What command are you running that produces this error message?

[na6an]

It's a simple catkin_make for ROS.

[sjackman]

If it's your own project stored in version control (like git), then the most likely explanation is that in one of your files in version control (possibly a Makefile), you have the string /home/nathan/.linuxbrew/Cellar/cmake/3.12.4/bin/cmake somewhere in that file. If your files are stored in GitHub, you can use GitHub's web interface to search your project for that string.

[na6an]

Oh, nvm... my project build must be corrupted somehow as catkin_make works without error in ~/catkin_ws$ Sorry for the false alarm.

[sjackman]

Good luck!