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

Homebrew Permissions Denied Issues Solution

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

@hyprcodr
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In my case, had this problem as I created a new user for development and installed brew in my original Mac OS Monterey user account. The mentioned solution solved my problem. Thanks !

@Emiya0306
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Nice~ Greate job!

@medwant
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medwant commented Jun 13, 2023

Thanks! Worked for me (macOS Ventura 13.3.1)

@emivlp
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emivlp commented Oct 9, 2023

Hi ! how can i fix this
/Users/emvlp/.zprofile:24: permission denied: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew
Could someone tell me the steps?
Thank you so much !

@Tony-MK
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Tony-MK commented Oct 28, 2023

Thanks @erma4ina

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ignoracenfly commented Oct 29, 2023 via email

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MrMacvos commented Nov 1, 2023

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

it ":admin" for sum in user

Thanks, this worked for me!

(macOS Ventura 13.9, Intel Mac)

@AndreasMueck
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Worked for me on Intel Mac with macOS Ventura 13.5. Thank you :)

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ignoracenfly commented Nov 16, 2023 via email

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daveqs commented Dec 7, 2023

Worked for me on Monterey 12.6.5! (Late 2016, Intel silicon)

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ignoracenfly commented Dec 7, 2023 via email

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