Unable to reinstall or uninstall broken brew package(didn't delete anything)

Question

brew cask install android-sdk

Warning: A Cask for android-sdk is already installed.

brew cask reinstall android-sdk

or

brew cask uninstall android-sdk

==> Caveats We will install android-sdk-tools, platform-tools, and build-tools for you. You can control android sdk packages via the sdkmanager command. You may want to add to your profile: 'export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/share/android-sdk'

This operation may take up to 10 minutes depending on your internet connection. Please, be patient.

==> Downloading https://dl.google.com/android/repository/tools_r25.2.3-macosx.zip Already downloaded: /Users/ishandutta2007/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask/android-sdk--25.2.3.zip ==> Verifying checksum for Cask android-sdk Error: No such file or directory - /usr/local/share/android-sdk Follow the instructions here: https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask#reporting-bugs /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/fileutils.rb:1439:in unlink' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/fileutils.rb:1439:in block in remove_file' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/fileutils.rb:1444:in platform_support' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/fileutils.rb:1438:in remove_file' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/fileutils.rb:785:in remove_file' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/fileutils.rb:563:in block in rm' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/fileutils.rb:562:in each' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/fileutils.rb:562:in rm' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cask_loader.rb:57:in block (2 levels) in load' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/abstract_flight_block.rb:35:in instance_eval' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/abstract_flight_block.rb:35:in block in abstract_phase' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/set.rb:232:in each_key' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/set.rb:232:in each' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/abstract_flight_block.rb:34:in abstract_phase' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/abstract_flight_block.rb:28:in uninstall_phase' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:330:in block in uninstall_artifacts' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:327:in each' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:327:in uninstall_artifacts' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:312:in uninstall' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/reinstall.rb:27:in block in install_casks' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/reinstall.rb:6:in each' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/reinstall.rb:6:in install_casks' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/install.rb:10:in run' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli.rb:115:in run_command' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli.rb:158:in process' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/cask.rb:8:incask' /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:91:in `'

Tried this but no luck, and I have not deleted anything like mentioned in this question.

Answer 1

I observed no such directory /usr/local/share/android-sdk as the error stated:

$ sudo find /usr -name "android-sdk"
/usr/local/Caskroom/android-sdk

I also ran into these errors:

Error: It seems there is already a Binary at '/usr/local/bin/adb'; not linking.
Error: It seems there is already a Binary at '/usr/local/bin/fastboot'; not linking.

I deleted the mentioned files and then was able to install:

$ rm -rf /usr/local/Caskroom/android-sdk
$ rm -rf /usr/local/bin/adb
$ rm -rf /usr/local/bin/fastboot
$ brew cask install android-sdk

Answer 2

I had a very similar issue after the recent relocation of android-sdk into caskroom/cask managed to break one of my install scripts. I ended up fixing it by manually messing around directly with the cask-installed directories (/usr/local/share/android-sdk, /usr/local/opt/android-sdk, and so on). I either deleted what was there or created empty directories, then re-running the remove/reinstall/delete commands finally worked. Sorry I can't be more specific, but it was basically a case of getting my directories to look like brew expected them to look.