Homebrew: Permissions Denied Issue Fix (OS X / macOS)

homebrew-permissions-issue.md

Homebrew Permissions Denied Issues Solution

sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(brew --prefix)/*

Was getting

erma4inapower@MacBook-Pro-Dmitrij  ~  brew services start php
Error: Permission denied @ rb_sysopen - /Users/erma4inapower/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.php.plist

Ended up:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) /Users/erma4inapower/Library/LaunchAgents/

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thanks! really helpful

life saver!

tysm🙏🏽

thank you!

thank you !!! what exactly did I just do ??? 🤔🤔🤔 you saved my lifeee

thank you 😁

This just save my bacon... Thanks a lot...

thank you!

It worked! Thank you!

Youre a genius my friend, thank you!

Thank you!

my solution with link: /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

and command: sudo chown -R "$(whoami)":admin /usr/local

it ":admin" for sum in user

MacOS BigSur 11.4
Thanks~

Thank you ser!

great, you save my life

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In my case I had to setup a new local user on my machine and to remove the old one.
Then the folder ( defined by brew --prefix ) looses its owner.
With this the owner is set to the new local user and - it works!

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