HomeBrew no longer supported:

[PNW-BRZ]

Type of issue

Other (describe below)

Reference command name

sh-3.2# sudo brew update && brew install azure-cli

Feedback

Error: Running Homebrew as root is extremely dangerous and no longer supported.
As Homebrew does not drop privileges on installation you would be giving all
build scripts full access to your system.
sh-3.2#

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-macos

Content source URL

No response

Author

jiasli

Document Id

No response

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.

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Here are some similar issues that might help you. Please check if they can solve your problem.

• unable to update cli using homebrew #5503

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Possible solution (Extracted from existing issue, might be incorrect; please verify carefully)

Solution 1:

1. Uninstall Azure CLI (could have an error, it is ok)

   brew uninstall azure-cli
   

2. Update just brew

   brew update
   

3. Upgrade brew

   brew upgrade
   

4. Clean up brew

   brew cleanup
   

5. Reinstall just the Azure CLI

   brew install azure-cli
   

6. Check the CLI

   az help
   

Hope it works for you!

Reference:

• unable to update cli using homebrew #5503 (comment)

Solution 2:

I ran

brew reinstall python3

to fix this

Reference:

• unable to update cli using homebrew #5503 (comment)
• unable to update cli using homebrew #5503 (comment)

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[bebound]

Not related to CLI.
You shouldn't run brew with sudo