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SOLO-5057

HomebrewInstallFailedSoloError — System

HomebrewInstallFailedSoloError

CodeSOLO-5057
CategorySystem
OwnershipInfrastructure
RetryableNo

Description

Thrown when solo cannot install Homebrew. On macOS solo may use Homebrew to install some dependencies, so this means the Homebrew installation did not succeed — for example the install script failed or could not be downloaded.

Troubleshooting Steps

  1. Check solo logs: tail -n 100 ~/.solo/logs/solo.log
  2. Verify network connectivity
  3. Install Homebrew manually from https://brew.sh
  4. Re-run initialization after installing Homebrew: solo init