Homebrew-core: Chromedriver: Incorrect installation instructions

[robbieaverill]

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$ brew gist-logs chromedriver
Error: No available formula with the name "chromedriver" 

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HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.6.1
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 5a2817cb023ca5e929fe030d423002992bdabf1b
Last commit: 2 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 8685d318569c1f7a227c6ee3e94489a1c0054744
Core tap last commit: 25 minutes ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
CPU: octa-core 64-bit haswell
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.3 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.3.3/bin/ruby
Clang: 9.1 build 902
Git: 2.11.0 => /usr/local/bin/git
Curl: 7.54.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: 1.8.0_112
macOS: 10.13.2-x86_64
CLT: 9.2.0.0.1.1510905681
Xcode: 9.3
XQuartz: N/A

To help us debug your issue please explain:

What you were trying to do (and why)

Install chromedriver, following the instructions on the website: http://brewformulas.org/Chromedriver

What happened (include command output)

$ brew install chromedriver
Error: No available formula with the name "chromedriver" 
It was migrated from homebrew/core to caskroom/cask.
You can access it again by running:
  brew tap caskroom/cask

Follow instructions and repeat:

$ brew tap caskroom/cask
$ brew install chromedriver
Error: No available formula with the name "chromedriver" 
It was migrated from homebrew/core to caskroom/cask.
You can access it again by running:
  brew tap caskroom/cask

What you expected to happen

Chromedriver would be installed.

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

Follow the instructions: http://brewformulas.org/Chromedriver

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[ilovezfs]

brew cask install chromedriver

[robbieaverill]

Thanks for the reply. Am I able to contribute to fixing the documentation in some way?

[ilovezfs]

The message is here https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/Library/Homebrew/missing_formula.rb#L105 so you could add some kind of special handling for cask migrations.

[robbieaverill]

Thanks. I'm not familiar enough with the homebrew core to make suggestions here, other than adding " or brew cask install #{new_tap_name} - I was more talking about updating http://brewformulas.org/Chromedriver to show correct install instructions (assuming it was open sourced somewhere).

[jrochkind]

I just ran into the exact same thing on "chromedriver", and found this issue filed.. just an hour ago? Woah.

The message on brew install chromedriver is def confusing. I'm not sure if brew used to work differently and the message on brew install chromedriver used to be more likely to lead the user to success?

[ilovezfs]

@jrochkind it was moved from Homebrew/homebrew-core to caskroom/homebrew-cask

See
https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/45029
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/25566

[jrochkind]

Right, okay, I'm talking about running brew install chromedriver, and getting the message

It was migrated from homebrew/core to caskroom/cask.
You can access it again by running:
  brew tap caskroom/cask

That led me to do exactly the same thing as @robbieaverill. Run brew tap caskroom/cask ; brew install chromedriver, which just results in the same message again.

I don't understand enough about what's going on to know... what's going on. Did I in fact need to run brew tap caskroom/cask prior to brew cask install chromedriver, for it to work? But I needed to know that after brew tap caskroom/cask, I needed to run brew cask install chromedriver?

At any rate, if I already have run brew tap caskroom/cask, and then errantly run brew install chromedriver again, just giving me the same message "It was migrated from homebrew/core to caskroom/cask; You can access it again by running: brew tap caskroom/cask" does not seem helpful... or true.

I'm not sure where this message is coming from, or what it's supposed to be telling me?

[ilovezfs]

Did I in fact need to run brew tap caskroom/cask prior to brew cask install chromedriver

No, if you brew cask install chromedriver it will automatically tap caskroom/cask first if you haven't tapped it already. But it doesn't hurt to run brew tap caskroom/cask yourself first.

But I needed to know that after brew tap caskroom/cask, I needed to run brew cask install chromedriver

Yes. All casks are installed using brew cask install not brew install.

I'm not sure where this message is coming from, or what it's supposed to be telling me?

It's telling you that chromedriver is missing from Homebrew/homebrew-core and where to find it now https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/chromedriver.rb

[robbieaverill]

@ilovezfs how do we update the website? The incorrect installation instruction is the issue here, I'd love to change it for you if I can!

- brew install chromedriver
+ brew cask install chromedriver

[ilovezfs]

Which website?

[robbieaverill]

http://brewformulas.org/Chromedriver (noted in the original issue)

[jrochkind]

Okay, so if I've already run brew tap caskroom/cask, and then, being confused about how to use brew, run brew install chromedriver again, I get the message again:

Error: No available formula with the name "chromedriver"
It was migrated from homebrew/core to caskroom/cask.
You can access it again by running:
  brew tap caskroom/cask

This does not seem to be correct or helpful information. I already did run brew tap caskroom/cask -- which in fact I did not need to do. This message is giving me no useful information at all.

Would it not be better for it to say:

Error: No available formula with the name "chromedriver"
It was migrated from homebrew/core to caskroom/cask.
You can access it by running:
  brew cask install chromedriver

Am I missing something?

[ilovezfs]

Oh OK. That is not part of the Homebrew organization so you'd need to let them know directly.

[ilovezfs]

Am I missing something?

@jrochkind You're not missing anything. You'd need to open a PR to https://github.com/Homebrew/brew if you want to change the messaging.

[jrochkind]

Okay, will do. I think they're gonna tell me I have to file an issue somewhere else though :)

[robbieaverill]

Thanks, docs issue moved to https://github.com/zedtux/brewformulas.org/issues/207

[jrochkind]

(I am not actually concerned with the web page @robbieaverill found, I didn't find it myself! Even if I had, if i had run brew install chromedriver and gotten a message telling me to run brew cask install chromedriver instead, I would have been on the right path. The message from trying to install a migrated-to-cask formula seems a bigger issue to me. I'll try opening an issue on brew... but I think they might tell me I need to open an issue on https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/ or something instead...)

[ilovezfs]

I'll try opening an issue on brew... but I think they might tell me I need to open an issue on https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/ or something instead...)

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