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How to update homebrew in preparation for installing node/npm on macOS Mojave
I attempted to install node.js/npm onto a macbook running Mojave 10.14.5 so that I can do local development of a web app. From internet research my understanding is the first step is updating ...
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How do I fix this: Error: /usr/local/Cellar is not writable? Why does chown returns "illegal username"?
I was trying to install Nodejs using Homebrew (I'm using macOS Sierra 10.12.6) so I wrote in the terminal:
brew install node
and it returned:
Error: /usr/local/Cellar is not writable. You should ...
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Managing file permissions with npm OSX
I am trying to install this MEAN application generator on my mac - OSX El Capitan v10.11.4. However, I get the following output:
Checking permissions...
Cloning branch master into destination ...
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OSX Homebrew /usr/local permisions for node
I have installed homebrew without any problems.
The problem was to install node.. I got permission errors about /usr/local directory and symlinks.
So I did
sudo chown -R myuser /usr/local
then I ...
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