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Coudn't install solidity 0.4.18 following the wiki instructions.

See original GitHub issue

Environment information

py-solc-x Version: 3.2.0
solc Version: 0.4.18
Python Version: 2.7.16
OS: osx

What was wrong?

when running the install file for solc 0.4.18:

brew install https://github.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/blob/2aea171d7d6901b97d5f1f71bd07dd88ed5dfb42/solidity.rb

I get this:

Updating Homebrew… Warning: Calling Non-checksummed download of solidity formula file from an arbitrary URL is deprecated! Use ‘brew extract’ or ‘brew create’ and ‘brew tap-new’ to create a formula file in a tap on GitHub instead. -#O#- # #
Warning: Calling Non-checksummed download of solidity formula file from an arbitrary URL is deprecated! Use ‘brew extract’ or ‘brew create’ and ‘brew tap-new’ to create a formula file in a tap on GitHub instead. -#O#- # #
Error: solidity: /Users/iland/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Formula/solidity.rb:6: syntax error, unexpected ‘<’

<!DOCTYPE html>

^ /Users/iland/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Formula/solidity.rb:7: syntax error, unexpected ‘<’

<html lang="en"> ^ /Users/iland/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Formula/solidity.rb:8: syntax error, unexpected '<' <head> ^ /Users/iland/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Formula/solidity.rb:10: syntax error, unexpected '<' <link rel="dns-prefetch" href=... ^ /Users/iland/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Formula/solidity.rb:10: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting end-of-input <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://github.githubassets... ^~~~ <p>so</p> <p>seems this method is not recommended. according to output from the run</p> <h3>How can it be fixed?</h3> <p>Fill this in if you know how the bug could be fixed.</p>

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:5 (4 by maintainers)

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cameelcommented, Jul 24, 2020

@ilanDoron I think that you’re just using the wrong URL. The one you posted is a HTML page that includes the whole Github UI. You cannot execute that as Ruby code - that’s why you get errors about “unexpected ‘<’”. You need to use a direct link to the raw Ruby file:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/2aea171d7d6901b97d5f1f71bd07dd88ed5dfb42/solidity.rb

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iamdefinitelyahumancommented, Aug 17, 2020

Closing this for now, @ilanDoron if you have further issues feel free to re-open or ping me on gitter.