brew cask upgrade fails with "No Cask with this name exists" #72562

wackywendell · 2019-11-13T20:46:19Z

General troubleshooting steps

I understand that if I ignore these instructions, my issue may be closed without review.
I have retried my command with --force.
I ran brew update-reset && brew update and retried my command.
I ran brew doctor, fixed as many issues as possible and retried my command.
I have checked the instructions for reporting bugs.
I made doubly sure this is not a checksum does not match error.

Description of issue

Possible duplicate of #71595.

When I run many brew cask commands, they fail with Error: Cask 'kdiff3' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.

$ brew cask upgrade
Error: Cask 'kdiff3' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.
$ brew cask upgrade --force
Error: Cask 'kdiff3' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.
$ brew cask uninstall kdiff3
Error: Cask 'kdiff3' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.
$ brew cask uninstall --force kdiff3
Error: Cask 'kdiff3' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.

Command that failed

Output of command with `--force --verbose --debug`

$ brew cask upgrade --force --verbose --debug
Error: Cask 'kdiff3' is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists.
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/abstract_command.rb:55:in `rescue in casks'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/abstract_command.rb:48:in `casks'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/upgrade.rb:20:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/abstract_command.rb:36:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:92:in `run_command'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:158:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:123:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/cask.rb:9:in `cask'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:102:in `<main>'
Error: Kernel.exit
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:162:in `exit'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:162:in `rescue in run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:146:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:123:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/cask.rb:9:in `cask'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:102:in `<main>'

Output of `brew cask doctor`

==> Homebrew Version
2.1.16-61-g930bbe0
==> macOS
10.14.6
==> SIP
Enabled
==> Java
13, 10.0.1, 9.0.1, 9, 1.8.0_144, 1.8.0_141, 1.8.0_72
==> xattr issues
<NONE>
==> Gatekeeper support
Enabled
==> Homebrew Cask Install Location
<NONE>
==> Homebrew Cask Staging Location
/usr/local/Caskroom
==> Homebrew Cask Taps:
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask (3458 casks)
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions (158 casks)
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-cask-fonts (937 casks)
==> Contents of $LOAD_PATH
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/ruby-macho-2.2.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rubocop-rspec-1.36.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rubocop-performance-1.5.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rubocop-0.76.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/unicode-display_width-1.6.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/ruby-progressbar-1.10.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rspec-wait-0.0.9/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rspec-retry-0.6.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rspec-its-1.3.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rspec-3.9.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rspec-mocks-3.9.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rspec-expectations-3.9.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rspec-support-3.9.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/ronn-0.7.3/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rdiscount-2.2.0.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/extensions/universal-darwin-19/2.6.0/rdiscount-2.2.0.1
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/rainbow-3.0.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/plist-3.5.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/parser-2.6.5.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/parallel_tests-2.29.2/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/parallel-1.19.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/mustache-1.1.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/mechanize-2.7.6/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/webrobots-0.1.2/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/ntlm-http-0.1.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/nokogiri-1.10.5/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/extensions/universal-darwin-19/2.6.0/nokogiri-1.10.5
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/mini_portile2-2.4.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/net-http-persistent-3.1.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/net-http-digest_auth-1.4.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/mime-types-3.3/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/mime-types-data-3.2019.1009/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/jaro_winkler-1.5.4/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/extensions/universal-darwin-19/2.6.0/jaro_winkler-1.5.4
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/http-cookie-1.0.3/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/hpricot-0.8.6/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/extensions/universal-darwin-19/2.6.0/hpricot-0.8.6
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/domain_name-0.5.20190701/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/unf-0.1.4/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/unf_ext-0.0.7.6/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/extensions/universal-darwin-19/2.6.0/unf_ext-0.0.7.6
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/diff-lcs-1.3/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/coveralls-0.8.23/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/thor-0.20.3/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/term-ansicolor-1.7.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/tins-1.22.2/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/simplecov-0.16.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/simplecov-html-0.10.2/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/docile-1.3.2/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/json-2.2.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/extensions/universal-darwin-19/2.6.0/json-2.2.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/connection_pool-2.2.2/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/ast-2.4.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/activesupport-6.0.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/zeitwerk-2.2.1/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/tzinfo-1.2.5/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/thread_safe-0.3.6/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/minitest-5.13.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/i18n-1.7.0/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/bundle/bundler/../ruby/2.6.0/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.1.5/lib
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.6.0/x86_64-darwin13
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.3/lib/ruby/site_ruby
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.3/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.6.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.3/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.6.0/x86_64-darwin13
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.3/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.3/lib/ruby/2.6.0
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.3/lib/ruby/2.6.0/x86_64-darwin13
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew
==> Environment Variables
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS="--require-sha"
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
PATH="/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/scm:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
SHELL="/bin/zsh"

Output of `brew tap`

beeftornado/rmtree
buo/cask-upgrade
datawire/blackbird
eam/mdbm
go-delve/delve
golangci/tap
homebrew/cask
homebrew/cask-fonts
homebrew/cask-versions
homebrew/core
homebrew/services

Additional Notes

This problem existed before I ran brew tap homebrew/homebrew-cask-versions; I then ran that command as suggested in #71595. It didn't help.

This is probably related to #67726; I'm sorry to see kdiff3 go, but it's understandable. This is perhaps the first time I've run brew update and brew cask upgrade since then. At this point, I'd be fine with just removing kdiff3, but homebrew doesn't seem able to follow that command right now.

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wackywendell · 2019-11-13T20:47:53Z

Note: I ran rm -rf "$(brew --prefix)/Caskroom/kdiff3, and that worked.

For me, this isn't a problem, but it might be good to fix this for others.

wren · 2019-11-25T19:03:47Z

Confirmed that rm -rf "$(brew --prefix)/Caskroom/kdiff3" fixes for me, but without this many cask commands fail. Also, brew bundle commands lose all casks (I'm assuming the casks are left out because the cask command failed to return the installed casks to brew bundle).

This seems like a wide-ranging bug, since anyone with a cask installed that is removed from homebrew will experience it.

vitorgalvao · 2019-12-24T03:08:28Z

We’re aware this is suboptimal. You may wish to open a new issue discussing the generic problem:

This seems like a wide-ranging bug, since anyone with a cask installed that is removed from homebrew will experience it.

But otherwise this issue in particular has nothing more to act on.

muescha mentioned this issue Dec 5, 2019

Better instructions for: Cask xxx is unavailable: No Cask with this name exists. #71221

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brew cask upgrade fails with "No Cask with this name exists" #72562

brew cask upgrade fails with "No Cask with this name exists" #72562

wackywendell commented Nov 13, 2019

wackywendell commented Nov 13, 2019

wren commented Nov 25, 2019 •

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vitorgalvao commented Dec 24, 2019

brew cask upgrade fails with "No Cask with this name exists" #72562

brew cask upgrade fails with "No Cask with this name exists" #72562

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wackywendell commented Nov 13, 2019

General troubleshooting steps

Description of issue

Command that failed

Output of command with --force --verbose --debug

Output of brew cask doctor

Output of brew tap

Additional Notes

wackywendell commented Nov 13, 2019

wren commented Nov 25, 2019 • edited Loading

vitorgalvao commented Dec 24, 2019

Output of command with `--force --verbose --debug`

Output of `brew cask doctor`

Output of `brew tap`

wren commented Nov 25, 2019 •

edited

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