Homebrew: Cannot link python

Question

I'm having an issue linking python in Homebrew. Here is the output:

brew link python

Linking /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13... Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/Frameworks

When I ls -al on the contents of /usr/local (to see the permissions of Frameworks), I find there is no directory 'Frameworks'.

I'm hesitant to mkdir Frameworks in case it does so with the wrong permissions and doesn't connect it to other elements of the system.

What about `brew unlink python && brew link python`. If it need use `sudo`. — Serenity, Feb 25 '17 at 10:52
unlinking reveals that symlinks were present, but `brew link` still fails for the same reason. `sudo` doesn't work at all as Homebrew doesn't like using it: "Error: Running Homebrew as root is extremely dangerous and no longer supported. As Homebrew does not drop privileges on installation you would be giving all build scripts full access to your system." — Pwdr, Feb 25 '17 at 11:50

score 25 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '18 at 02:40

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Create the Frameworks directory and chown for itself

$ sudo mkdir /usr/local/Frameworks
$ sudo chown -R $(whoami):admin /usr/local/Frameworks
$ brew link python

answered Mar 09 '18 at 02:40

wgao19

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '17 at 19:26

4

I used the command: sudo chown -R "$USER":admin /usr/local courtesy of this answer elsewhere on Stack Overflow.

answered Feb 26 '17 at 19:26

Pwdr

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 10 '19 at 10:27

1

This worked for me:

sudo chown -R $(whoami):admin /usr/local/Cellar/
brew unlink python
brew link python

answered Jun 10 '19 at 10:27

bak2trak

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

0

as an alternative you can use pip

Also, anaconda package is great

https://www.continuum.io/downloads

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Community

answered Feb 25 '17 at 13:50

Vadim

This doesn't actually fix the problem - brew still cannot link python. – Pwdr Feb 25 '17 at 17:00
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16432071/how-to-fix-homebrew-permissions – Vadim Feb 25 '17 at 17:24

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