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| $ brew install mysql | |
| Error: You must `brew link pkg-config' before mysql can be installed | |
| $ brew link pkg-config | |
| Linking /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config/0.28... | |
| Error: Could not symlink share/doc/pkg-config | |
| /usr/local/share/doc is not writable. | |
| $ sudo !! | |
| sudo brew link pkg-config | |
| Password: | |
| Error: Cowardly refusing to `sudo brew link` | |
| You can use brew with sudo, but only if the brew executable is owned by root. | |
| However, this is both not recommended and completely unsupported so do so at | |
| your own risk. |
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sudo chown root:admin /usr/local/bin/brew
to do your somehting
sudo chown youruser:admin /usr/local/bin/brew