yabai: Error: Formula `yabai` has not implemented #plist, #service or installed a locatable service file

Hello, I am trying to install yabai following the instructions on an m2 macbook pro max but I am getting the error Error: Formula yabai has not implemented #plist, #service or installed a locatable service file I am able to install other software packages with homebrew. I recollect getting the same as a warning when I installed on my M1 but the installation went through. However it is failing with this errors on my M2. Would appreciate any help here. Thanks Jai

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Created a year ago
Reactions: 30
Comments: 20 (2 by maintainers)

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applied fixes (`skhd` and `yabai` integration broke with macOS software update) Fixes found here: -> https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/1738 And here: -> https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd/i... — committed to vincentmader/yabai-config by vincentmader a year ago
fix: fix wrong start command for yabai and skhd https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/1738 — committed to nakahararuu/dotfiles by nakahararuu a year ago

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What worked for me was to run yabai --start-service And then restart. Do the same steps with skhd.

+135

ejazahm3d on May 10, 2023

This was fixed in v5.0.5: #1728

koekeishiya on May 29, 2023

Brew services has been removed: #1619

The installation instructions in the wiki was updated to reflect this. The changelog mentions new commands to manage service / launchd In the caveat section printed after installing yabai through brew, the instructions have changed.

There are also countless issues here on github regarding this topic. Please do a search before creating a new issue.

koekeishiya on May 10, 2023

I solved this by kill all loginwindow. You can do this by:

sudo killall loginwindow

lmBored on Nov 26, 2023

This is happen to me when i upgrade yabai using command brew upgrade yabai i fix it by delete the old version in accecibilties and select the new version.

How do you know the one without icon is older version of yabai? And do you know how to remove it from accessibility?

i remove the yabai without icon. and i interacte and restart yabai using this commande yabai --restart-service works fine

elmehdiabdi-src on Sep 10, 2023

Why did you close this issue - it pretty much throws the same error in 2024 and latest Macbook pro OS

DATEx2 on Feb 17, 2024

This is happen to me when i upgrade yabai using command brew upgrade yabai

i fix it by delete the old version in accecibilties and select the new version.

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elmehdiabdi-src on Sep 10, 2023

What worked for me was checking the Accessibility in Security and Privacy. There was a new option to give yabai and skhd access. Those had to be checked to make it work, and I also unchecked the old ones.

vebbis321 on May 10, 2023

What worked for me was to run yabai --start-service And then restart. Do the same steps with skhd.

This worked for me too, but I first had to create a LaunchAgents directory under /Users/username/Library/

Is not brew services start yabai the corrct way to do this?

j-vasanth on May 10, 2023