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I was using Ookla's speedtest-cli command line app just fine until recently when it started giving me an error: "ImportError: No module named speedtest". After a copious amount of research it led me to upgrade system files by doing a forced MACOS software update. Now the error when running speedtest-cli is Error: No such file or directory - /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/speedtest

The folder is indeed there. Confirmation:

ls /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/speedtest
/usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/speedtest

Steps to install speedtest-cli were followed to the letter from Ookla's website

Steps to reproduce (with error):

MyMAC:Source_Code me$ brew tap teamookla/speedtest
MyMAC:Source_Code me$ brew update
Already up-to-date.
MyMAC:Source_Code me$ brew install speedtest --force
Error: No such file or directory - /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/speedtest
MyMAC:Source_Code me$

I have already tried to remove speedtest (brew uninstall speedtest --force) and re-install but with no success.

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  • Could this perhaps be caused by access restrictions put on the terminal application? I can't recall exactly when, but as a security measure, Apple restricted applications' access to the filesystem and you need to explicitly allow your terminal to access certain folders. Try cd-ing to the folder and, if you can't, try granting permissions in System preferences. – frippe Oct 23 '21 at 19:31
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    Thank you for the suggestion. I granted read+write access to every folder starting from var down to speedtest but it made no difference. I do agree that it's a MACOS thing rather than the speedtest utility. – wiwinut Oct 23 '21 at 21:45
  • Well, I found similar issue someone was having (although not with speedtest-cli)and they suggested issuing the command "brew cleanup". I'm now able to install speedtest-cli with no issue. – wiwinut Oct 23 '21 at 22:31

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I found a similar issue someone was having (although not with speedtest-cli) and they suggested issuing the command brew cleanup. I'm now able to install speedtest-cli with no issue. Solution was found here.

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