=> The following new directories will be created: opt/homebrew/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew That produced the following: => This script will install: Therefore, I ran the following: /bin/bash -c '$(curl -fsSL )' I simply ran the installation code that’s listed on the Homebrew homepage (under the Install Homebrew heading).

The Solutionįortunately, the solution was easy. So in my case, I had an Intel installation of Homebrew running on my M1 Mac. In my case, I had previously restored a Time Machine backup from my Intel Mac to my M1 Mac. I could tell by reading that error that it was probably related to the fact that I’m now running an M1 Mac instead of my old Intel based Mac.Īccording to the Homebrew documentation, the default Homebrew installation script installs Homebrew to its preferred prefix, which is /usr/local for macOS Intel and /opt/homebrew for Apple Silicon (and /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew for Linux). You can migrate your previously installed formula list with: Please create a new installation in /opt/homebrew using one of the Here’s the code I ran that resulted in the error: brew install qemuĪt first, it started updating Homebrew, and I thought everything was fine.īut then I got the error: Error: Cannot install in Homebrew on ARM processor in Intel default prefix (/usr/local)!

I recently tried to install QEMU on my M1 Mac but received the “Cannot install in Homebrew on ARM processor in Intel default prefix” error.

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