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While trying to resolve package dependency problems, I used conda to uninstall openssl, since this appeared to be one of the packages with unsatisfiable specifications. However, once I did this, everything broke:

conda became broken: any attempt to use conda results in "ERROR:root:code for hash md5 was not found" iPython become broken: I get the same error message pip is broken: again the same error message

I have tried brew install openssl, but this only returns a message that openssl is already installed.

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I have tried brew install openssl, but this only returns a message that openssl is already installed.

You should use the --force to force a installation.

brew install openssl
brew link openssl --force

Apparently, there's also a reinstall command:

brew reinstall openssl

Also see How do you re-install a package with Homebrew (Mac)? on Super User.

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  • Thanks, I didn't know about the --force option or the reinstall command. I tried both, and each time brew returns an apparently successful reinstall of openssl. However, this does not resolve the issue: ipython, pip, and conda all still return the same error message. – aph Dec 21 '14 at 23:11
  • @aph - sorry to hear it. Have you tried a reinstall of the other problem packages with `--force`? (Sorry, I don't really use Brew - I use MacPorts). – jww Dec 21 '14 at 23:12
  • all packages actually seem to have the same problem. Once I uninstalled openssl, that alone triggered pip, conda, and iPython to break. For some reason, it must be that iPython looks for openssl in a different location than the place where brew installs it to. – aph Dec 21 '14 at 23:50
  • @aph - You might be able to use [fseventer](http://fernlightning.com/doku.php?id=software:fseventer:start) to spy on iPython's disk reads and writes. I use it on occasion for things like this. Otherwise, you might need to re-download [iPython](http://ipython.org/install.html), which may require you to re-install Python. – jww Dec 21 '14 at 23:59