Can't link pcre thru brew in max os yosemite

Question

When I install watchman using brew install watchman, it got this Error: You must brew link pcre before watchman can be installed. So I try brew link pcre and brew link --overwrite pcre, I just got linking /usr/local/Cellar/pcre/8.36... Error: Could not symlink share/man/man3/pcre.3 /usr/local/share/man/man3 is not writable.

Can anyone help?

Sounds like there is a permission issue with /usr/local/share/man/man3 . Have you checked the folder permissions for this folder? — jimrice, Mar 28 '15 at 16:21

score 36 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 20 '15 at 21:08

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By design Homebrew (brew) requires the contents of /usr/local to be owned by you. You can fix it easily by running:

sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local

from your Terminal.

See here for further explanation.

edited Nov 20 '15 at 21:08

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answered Mar 28 '15 at 19:27

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Actually chown doesn't work for me. I use 'chmod 777 /usr/local/share/man/man3' to get through. Thanks. – Tom Mar 31 '15 at 11:29
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thanks. This solved so many issues I had with homebrew. Not sure how /usr/local got mucked up in the first place! – Domenic D. May 31 '15 at 15:20
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I wouldn't recommend on going chmod 777 as this is way insecure. – pojda Jun 27 '16 at 15:58

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 01 '16 at 16:57

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first

sudo chown -R 'your name' /usr/local

then

brew link pcre -f

then

brew install watchman

it should work

edited Jun 01 '16 at 16:57

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answered Jun 01 '16 at 08:26

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Can't link pcre thru brew in max os yosemite

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