When I try to \"brew link autoconf\" in the terminal I keep getting this error.
Error: Could not symlink file: /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/emacs/site-lisp /usr
I had to run
chmod -R u+w /usr/local
brew link --overwrite autoconf
brew install htop
You just need to change brew owned by root.
then you can use below command.
sudo brew link xxxx
Quote from github, this is not a bug, it is designed:
jacknagel commented on 4 Feb 2012
brew install will not work with root privileges unless brew itself is owned by root. @jacknagel Collaborator jacknagel commented on 4 Feb 2012
(this is by design.)
(sudo) chown -R yourusername /usr/local
I tried under /usr/local/share/emacs/
sudo chmod 777 site-lisp
and then
brew link autoconf
and problem solve!
mac@Anna_mac : /usr/local/share/emacs : brew link autoconf Linking /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69... 22 symlinks created
I had to run the following commands
chown -R yourusername /usr/local
chmod -R u+w /usr/local
brew link --overwrite autoconf
You need to make sure that all the files and folders in /usr/local are writable by you. You can do this by typing the following command
chown -R yourusername /usr/local
chmod -R u+w /usr/local
You may have to use sudo for those commands to work.
After you do this, try linking again.