Brew Install Problem - Permission Denied
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Southpole
Dec 19, 2011, 9:54:26 PM12/19/11
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Hi there,
When I initialize git-flow, I get an error
>> git flow init
I installed git-flow with brew on Mac OX10.6
$ brew install git-flow
fatal: cannot exec 'git-flow': Permission denied
It was installed to /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/
I chmod'd the permissions to 555 recursively and then to 777 and I
still get the same error.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Aaron C. de Bruyn
Dec 19, 2011, 10:07:08 PM12/19/11
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Try 'sudo brew install git-flow'.
On most systems* you can't write to anything under /usr unless you are root.
On most systems* you can't write to anything under /usr unless you are root.
-A
* I am unfamiliar with the Mac platform.
Terin Stock
Dec 19, 2011, 10:09:53 PM12/19/11
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NO NO NO!
Never install anything from brew as root!
OP: Rerun the homebrew installer, it should reset your permissions on /usr/local.
--
#Terin Stock
Southpole
Dec 20, 2011, 4:57:30 PM12/20/11
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Thank you for the suggestions.
Okay. I removed homebrew "rm -rf" per the github page and reinstalled
with curl. Everything seemed fine with that. I reinstalled git-flow
and I still "get access denied". I tried doing a "manual install" via
the github wiki instructions but I get a failed make when I do sudo
make install with the message "make: *** No rule to make target
'install'. Stop."
I am kind of stumped.
Any other suggestions?
On Dec 19, 7:09 pm, Terin Stock <terinjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> NO NO NO!
>
> Never install anything from brew as root!
>
> OP: Rerun the homebrew installer, it should reset your permissions on /usr/local.
>
> --
> #Terin Stock
>
> On Monday, December 19, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Try 'sudo brew install git-flow'.
> > On most systems* you can't write to anything under /usr unless you are root.
>
> > -A
>
> > * I am unfamiliar with the Mac platform.
>
Okay. I removed homebrew "rm -rf" per the github page and reinstalled
with curl. Everything seemed fine with that. I reinstalled git-flow
and I still "get access denied". I tried doing a "manual install" via
the github wiki instructions but I get a failed make when I do sudo
make install with the message "make: *** No rule to make target
'install'. Stop."
I am kind of stumped.
Any other suggestions?
On Dec 19, 7:09 pm, Terin Stock <terinjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> NO NO NO!
>
> Never install anything from brew as root!
>
> OP: Rerun the homebrew installer, it should reset your permissions on /usr/local.
>
> --
> #Terin Stock
>
> On Monday, December 19, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Try 'sudo brew install git-flow'.
> > On most systems* you can't write to anything under /usr unless you are root.
>
> > -A
>
> > * I am unfamiliar with the Mac platform.
>
Terin Stock
Dec 20, 2011, 5:19:03 PM12/20/11
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It installs fine via homebrew here:
/usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1: 13 files, 132K, built in 93 seconds
$ git flow version
> 0.4.1
Can you give us the output of the command brew doctor?
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#Terin Stock
Southpole
Dec 20, 2011, 5:49:54 PM12/20/11
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Thank you Terin.
Here is the output of "brew doctor"
]$ brew doctor
Unbrewed dylibs were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected dylibs:
/usr/local/lib/libcurl.4.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libfuse.0.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libulockmgr.0.dylib
Unbrewed static libraries were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected static libraries:
/usr/local/lib/libcurl.a
/usr/local/lib/libfuse.a
/usr/local/lib/libulockmgr.a
Unbrewed .pc files were found in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected .pc files:
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libcurl.pc
Unbrewed .la files were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected .la files:
/usr/local/lib/libcurl.la
/usr/local/lib/libulockmgr.la
==> /usr/bin occurs before /usr/local/bin
This means that system-provided programs will be used instead of those
provided by Homebrew. This is an issue if you eg. brew installed
Python.
Consider editing your .bashrc to put:
/usr/local/bin
ahead of /usr/bin in your PATH.
--
Not sure what to make of it. Does any of strike you as wrong?
Thanks again,
Jeff
On Dec 20, 2:19 pm, Terin Stock <terinjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It installs fine via homebrew here:
>
> /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1: 13 files, 132K, built in 93 seconds
> $ git flow version
>
> > 0.4.1
>
> Can you give us the output of the command brew doctor?
>
> --
> #Terin Stock
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Southpole wrote:
> > Thank you for the suggestions.
>
> > Okay. I removed homebrew "rm -rf" per the github page and reinstalled
> > with curl. Everything seemed fine with that. I reinstalled git-flow
> > and I still "get access denied". I tried doing a "manual install" via
> > the github wiki instructions but I get a failed make when I do sudo
> > make install with the message "make: *** No rule to make target
> > 'install'. Stop."
>
> > I am kind of stumped.
>
> > Any other suggestions?
>
Here is the output of "brew doctor"
]$ brew doctor
Unbrewed dylibs were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected dylibs:
/usr/local/lib/libcurl.4.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libfuse.0.dylib
/usr/local/lib/libulockmgr.0.dylib
Unbrewed static libraries were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected static libraries:
/usr/local/lib/libcurl.a
/usr/local/lib/libfuse.a
/usr/local/lib/libulockmgr.a
Unbrewed .pc files were found in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected .pc files:
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libcurl.pc
Unbrewed .la files were found in /usr/local/lib.
If you didn't put them there on purpose they could cause problems when
building Homebrew formulae, and may need to be deleted.
Unexpected .la files:
/usr/local/lib/libcurl.la
/usr/local/lib/libulockmgr.la
==> /usr/bin occurs before /usr/local/bin
This means that system-provided programs will be used instead of those
provided by Homebrew. This is an issue if you eg. brew installed
Python.
Consider editing your .bashrc to put:
/usr/local/bin
ahead of /usr/bin in your PATH.
--
Not sure what to make of it. Does any of strike you as wrong?
Thanks again,
Jeff
On Dec 20, 2:19 pm, Terin Stock <terinjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It installs fine via homebrew here:
>
> /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1: 13 files, 132K, built in 93 seconds
> $ git flow version
>
> > 0.4.1
>
> Can you give us the output of the command brew doctor?
>
> --
> #Terin Stock
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Southpole wrote:
> > Thank you for the suggestions.
>
> > Okay. I removed homebrew "rm -rf" per the github page and reinstalled
> > with curl. Everything seemed fine with that. I reinstalled git-flow
> > and I still "get access denied". I tried doing a "manual install" via
> > the github wiki instructions but I get a failed make when I do sudo
> > make install with the message "make: *** No rule to make target
> > 'install'. Stop."
>
> > I am kind of stumped.
>
> > Any other suggestions?
>
> > On Dec 19, 7:09 pm, Terin Stock <terinjo...@gmail.com (http://gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > NO NO NO!
>
> > > Never install anything from brew as root!
>
> > > OP: Rerun the homebrew installer, it should reset your permissions on /usr/local.
>
> > > --
> > > #Terin Stock
>
> > > On Monday, December 19, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote:
>
> > > > Try 'sudo brew install git-flow'.
> > > > On most systems* you can't write to anything under /usr unless you are root.
>
> > > > -A
>
> > > > * I am unfamiliar with the Mac platform.
>
> > > NO NO NO!
>
> > > Never install anything from brew as root!
>
> > > OP: Rerun the homebrew installer, it should reset your permissions on /usr/local.
>
> > > --
> > > #Terin Stock
>
> > > On Monday, December 19, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote:
>
> > > > Try 'sudo brew install git-flow'.
> > > > On most systems* you can't write to anything under /usr unless you are root.
>
> > > > -A
>
> > > > * I am unfamiliar with the Mac platform.
>
Terin Stock
Dec 20, 2011, 11:06:46 PM12/20/11
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We're not sure what's going on here. From the looks of it, homebrew is setup correctly.
What command are you using to use git flow?
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#Terin Stock
Southpole
Dec 21, 2011, 10:32:38 AM12/21/11
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Sorry for the trouble.
I am using
$ git flow init
push, fetch, pull, help, diff, rm all seem to work as I would expect.
$ brew list
bash-completion git git-flow wget
Do you think the permissions are set correctly on the install and the
links brew created in /usr/local/bin?
[bin]$ pwd
/usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1/bin
[bin]$ ls -al
total 224
drwxr-xr-x 11 User admin 374 Dec 20 14:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 User admin 238 Dec 20 14:33 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 User admin 3680 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow
r--r--r- 1 User admin 14366 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-feature
r--r--r- 1 User admin 9697 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-hotfix
r--r--r- 1 User admin 10557 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-init
r--r--r- 1 User admin 11023 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-release
r--r--r- 1 User admin 5317 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-support
r--r--r- 1 User admin 2059 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-version
r--r--r- 1 User admin 9047 Dec 20 14:33 gitflow-common
r--r--r- 1 User admin 32100 Dec 20 14:33 gitflow-shFlags
[bin]$ cd /usr/local/bin
[bin]$ ls -al
total 392
drwxr-xr-x 14 root admin 476 Dec 20 14:19 .
drwxrwxr-x 12 root admin 408 Dec 20 13:42 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 4446 Dec 20 13:42 brew
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 144936 Nov 17 17:06 curl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4140 Nov 17 17:06 curl-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 29 Nov 21 16:21 git -> ../Cellar/git/
1.7.7.4/bin/git
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 39 Nov 21 16:21 git-cvsserver -> ../
Cellar/git/1.7.7.4/bin/git-cvsserver
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 42 Nov 21 16:21 git-receive-pack -> ../
Cellar/git/1.7.7.4/bin/git-receive-pack
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 35 Nov 21 16:21 git-shell -> ../Cellar/
git/1.7.7.4/bin/git-shell
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 44 Nov 21 16:21 git-upload-archive -
> ../Cellar/git/1.7.7.4/bin/git-upload-archive lrwxr-xr-x 1 User
admin 41 Nov 21 16:21 git-upload-pack -> ../Cellar/git/1.7.7.4/
bin/git-upload-pack
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 30 Nov 21 16:21 gitk -> ../Cellar/git/
1.7.7.4/bin/gitk -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2220 Nov 18 10:06 mvim
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 30 Dec 20 14:02 wget -> ../Cellar/wget/
1.13.4/bin/wget
I modified those to 655 and later 777 last time. Git gave me a
different message (i.e., "git flow" seems to be a git command but it
is not working) but still did not work.
Thanks again.
-Jeff
> > /usr/local/lib/libcurl.la (http://libcurl.la)
> > /usr/local/lib/libulockmgr.la (http://libulockmgr.la)
I am using
$ git flow init
fatal: cannot exec 'git-flow': Permission denied
I think I have installed git properly. git checkout, branch, status,
push, fetch, pull, help, diff, rm all seem to work as I would expect.
$ brew list
bash-completion git git-flow wget
Do you think the permissions are set correctly on the install and the
links brew created in /usr/local/bin?
[bin]$ pwd
/usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1/bin
[bin]$ ls -al
total 224
drwxr-xr-x 11 User admin 374 Dec 20 14:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 User admin 238 Dec 20 14:33 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 User admin 3680 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow
r--r--r- 1 User admin 14366 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-feature
r--r--r- 1 User admin 9697 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-hotfix
r--r--r- 1 User admin 10557 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-init
r--r--r- 1 User admin 11023 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-release
r--r--r- 1 User admin 5317 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-support
r--r--r- 1 User admin 2059 Dec 20 14:33 git-flow-version
r--r--r- 1 User admin 9047 Dec 20 14:33 gitflow-common
r--r--r- 1 User admin 32100 Dec 20 14:33 gitflow-shFlags
[bin]$ cd /usr/local/bin
[bin]$ ls -al
total 392
drwxr-xr-x 14 root admin 476 Dec 20 14:19 .
drwxrwxr-x 12 root admin 408 Dec 20 13:42 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 4446 Dec 20 13:42 brew
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 144936 Nov 17 17:06 curl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4140 Nov 17 17:06 curl-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 29 Nov 21 16:21 git -> ../Cellar/git/
1.7.7.4/bin/git
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 39 Nov 21 16:21 git-cvsserver -> ../
Cellar/git/1.7.7.4/bin/git-cvsserver
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 42 Nov 21 16:21 git-receive-pack -> ../
Cellar/git/1.7.7.4/bin/git-receive-pack
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 35 Nov 21 16:21 git-shell -> ../Cellar/
git/1.7.7.4/bin/git-shell
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 44 Nov 21 16:21 git-upload-archive -
> ../Cellar/git/1.7.7.4/bin/git-upload-archive lrwxr-xr-x 1 User
admin 41 Nov 21 16:21 git-upload-pack -> ../Cellar/git/1.7.7.4/
bin/git-upload-pack
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 30 Nov 21 16:21 gitk -> ../Cellar/git/
1.7.7.4/bin/gitk -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2220 Nov 18 10:06 mvim
lrwxr-xr-x 1 User admin 30 Dec 20 14:02 wget -> ../Cellar/wget/
1.13.4/bin/wget
I modified those to 655 and later 777 last time. Git gave me a
different message (i.e., "git flow" seems to be a git command but it
is not working) but still did not work.
Thanks again.
-Jeff
> > /usr/local/lib/libulockmgr.la (http://libulockmgr.la)
>
> > ==> /usr/bin occurs before /usr/local/bin
> > This means that system-provided programs will be used instead of those
> > provided by Homebrew. This is an issue if you eg. brew installed
> > Python.
>
> > Consider editing your .bashrc to put:
> > /usr/local/bin
> > ahead of /usr/bin in your PATH.
>
> > --
>
> > Not sure what to make of it. Does any of strike you as wrong?
>
> > Thanks again,
>
> > Jeff
>
> > ==> /usr/bin occurs before /usr/local/bin
> > This means that system-provided programs will be used instead of those
> > provided by Homebrew. This is an issue if you eg. brew installed
> > Python.
>
> > Consider editing your .bashrc to put:
> > /usr/local/bin
> > ahead of /usr/bin in your PATH.
>
> > --
>
> > Not sure what to make of it. Does any of strike you as wrong?
>
> > Thanks again,
>
> > Jeff
>
Mathieu Arnold
Dec 21, 2011, 10:34:59 AM12/21/11
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+--On 21 décembre 2011 07:32:38 -0800 Southpole <jtho...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Sorry for the trouble.
|
| I am using
|
| $ git flow init
| fatal: cannot exec 'git-flow': Permission denied
What is the shebang (first line) of the git-flow script ?
Is the shell there executable ?
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Mathieu Arnold
Southpole
Dec 21, 2011, 12:19:53 PM12/21/11
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So the very first line of the git-flow scripts is:
#!/bin/sh
Should that be commented out?
The first uncommented lines are:
# enable debug mode
if [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
set -x
fi
export GITFLOW_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
The git-flow script is executable (555) and so is the directory.
Thanks again,
Jeff
On Dec 21, 7:34 am, Mathieu Arnold <m...@mat.cc> wrote:
#!/bin/sh
Should that be commented out?
The first uncommented lines are:
# enable debug mode
if [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
set -x
fi
export GITFLOW_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
The git-flow script is executable (555) and so is the directory.
Thanks again,
Jeff
On Dec 21, 7:34 am, Mathieu Arnold <m...@mat.cc> wrote:
justin
Dec 21, 2011, 3:15:02 PM12/21/11
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Southpole
Dec 21, 2011, 5:08:39 PM12/21/11
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Good question. No. 'which git-flow' returns nothing. As opposed to
'which git' returns '/usr/local/bin/git'
What and where do I need to set that?
-Jeff
'which git' returns '/usr/local/bin/git'
What and where do I need to set that?
-Jeff
Terin Stock
Dec 21, 2011, 5:20:45 PM12/21/11
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can you run `brew link git-flow` and then see if you have anything with the which command?
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#Terin Stock
Southpole
Dec 21, 2011, 5:41:29 PM12/21/11
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If I run 'brew link git-flow' I get the following error message:
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1... ln: gitflow-shFlags:
Permission denied
Error: Could not create symlink /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags.
Check that you have permissions on /usr/local/bin
Naturally, when I run 'which git-flow' I get no response.
Only root has write permissions on my /usr/local/bin.
Thanks again for helping me through this.
-Jeff
On Dec 21, 2:20 pm, Terin Stock <terinjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> can you run `brew link git-flow` and then see if you have anything with the which command?
>
> --
> #Terin Stock
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Southpole wrote:
> > Good question. No. 'which git-flow' returns nothing. As opposed to
> > 'which git' returns '/usr/local/bin/git'
>
> > What and where do I need to set that?
>
> > -Jeff
>
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1... ln: gitflow-shFlags:
Permission denied
Error: Could not create symlink /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags.
Check that you have permissions on /usr/local/bin
Naturally, when I run 'which git-flow' I get no response.
Only root has write permissions on my /usr/local/bin.
Thanks again for helping me through this.
-Jeff
On Dec 21, 2:20 pm, Terin Stock <terinjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> can you run `brew link git-flow` and then see if you have anything with the which command?
>
> --
> #Terin Stock
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Southpole wrote:
> > Good question. No. 'which git-flow' returns nothing. As opposed to
> > 'which git' returns '/usr/local/bin/git'
>
> > What and where do I need to set that?
>
> > -Jeff
>
> > On Dec 21, 12:15 pm, justin <jus...@justinhileman.info (http://justinhileman.info)> wrote:
> > > does `which git-flow` show the right path?
>
> > > -- justin
>
> > > does `which git-flow` show the right path?
>
> > > -- justin
>
> > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Southpole <jthol...@gmail.com (http://gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > > So the very first line of the git-flow scripts is:
> > > > #!/bin/sh
>
> > > > Should that be commented out?
>
> > > > The first uncommented lines are:
> > > > # enable debug mode
> > > > if [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
> > > > set -x
> > > > fi
>
> > > > export GITFLOW_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
>
> > > > The git-flow script is executable (555) and so is the directory.
>
> > > > Thanks again,
>
> > > > Jeff
>
> > > > On Dec 21, 7:34 am, Mathieu Arnold <m...@mat.cc (http://mat.cc)> wrote:
> > > > So the very first line of the git-flow scripts is:
> > > > #!/bin/sh
>
> > > > Should that be commented out?
>
> > > > The first uncommented lines are:
> > > > # enable debug mode
> > > > if [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
> > > > set -x
> > > > fi
>
> > > > export GITFLOW_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
>
> > > > The git-flow script is executable (555) and so is the directory.
>
> > > > Thanks again,
>
> > > > Jeff
>
Southpole
Dec 27, 2011, 11:51:41 AM12/27/11
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If anyone else has a suggestion on how I can install git-flow
properly, please let me know. I am trying to join a group already
using git-flow. I don't see an obvious problem yet.
Thank you!
properly, please let me know. I am trying to join a group already
using git-flow. I don't see an obvious problem yet.
Thank you!
Terin Stock
Dec 27, 2011, 11:56:28 AM12/27/11
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try
sudo chmod g+w /usr/local
sudo chgrp staff /usr/local
you might need to do the same to various other folders inside /usr/local, mine looks like this (where 'terin' is my username):
drwxrwxr-x 15 root staff 510 Dec 4 06:48 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 14 root wheel 476 Nov 12 21:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x 15 terin staff 510 Dec 26 10:27 .git
-rw-r--r-- 1 terin staff 116 Nov 17 13:53 .gitignore
drwxr-xr-x 33 terin staff 1122 Dec 20 17:16 Cellar
drwxr-xr-x 7 terin staff 238 Nov 17 13:53 Library
-rw-r--r-- 1 terin staff 679 Nov 17 13:53 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 88 terin staff 2992 Dec 25 22:29 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Dec 2 03:29 cuda
drwxr-xr-x 8 terin staff 272 Dec 4 06:43 etc
drwxrwxr-x 11 root wheel 374 Nov 10 15:22 hidden
drwxr-xr-x 32 terin staff 1088 Dec 20 15:36 include
drwxr-xr-x 98 terin staff 3332 Dec 23 12:45 lib
drwxr-xr-x 13 terin staff 442 Dec 23 12:45 share
drwxr-xr-x 3 terin staff 102 Dec 4 06:48 var
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#Terin Stock
Southpole
Dec 27, 2011, 4:10:42 PM12/27/11
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Thanks again. Okay. I have tried chmod'd and chgrp'd a lot of stuff
and mimiced your permissions as best as possible. I decided it would
be best to do a clean install. However, when I run 'brew uninstall git-
flow', I get the following error messages (that I think is related to
my permissions and overall git-flow install issue):
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1...
Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags
That error occurs is the path for the symbolic link and it has the
following directory listing:
lrwxrwxr-x 1 Jeff staff 44 Dec 27 11:06 gitflow-shFlags -> ../
Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1/bin/gitflow-shFlags
In that linked directory the permissions are so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 Jeff staff 32100 Dec 27 11:04 gitflow-shFlags
'git flow init' does not work either.
This has to be something silly on my part...
and mimiced your permissions as best as possible. I decided it would
be best to do a clean install. However, when I run 'brew uninstall git-
flow', I get the following error messages (that I think is related to
my permissions and overall git-flow install issue):
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1...
Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags
That error occurs is the path for the symbolic link and it has the
following directory listing:
lrwxrwxr-x 1 Jeff staff 44 Dec 27 11:06 gitflow-shFlags -> ../
Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1/bin/gitflow-shFlags
In that linked directory the permissions are so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 Jeff staff 32100 Dec 27 11:04 gitflow-shFlags
'git flow init' does not work either.
This has to be something silly on my part...
> > On Dec 21, 2:41 pm, Southpole <jthol...@gmail.com (http://gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > If I run 'brew link git-flow' I get the following error message:
>
> > > Linking /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1... ln: gitflow-shFlags:
> > > Permission denied
>
> > > Error: Could not create symlink /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags.
> > > Check that you have permissions on /usr/local/bin
>
> > > Naturally, when I run 'which git-flow' I get no response.
>
> > > Only root has write permissions on my /usr/local/bin.
>
> > > Thanks again for helping me through this.
>
> > > -Jeff
>
> > > If I run 'brew link git-flow' I get the following error message:
>
> > > Linking /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1... ln: gitflow-shFlags:
> > > Permission denied
>
> > > Error: Could not create symlink /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags.
> > > Check that you have permissions on /usr/local/bin
>
> > > Naturally, when I run 'which git-flow' I get no response.
>
> > > Only root has write permissions on my /usr/local/bin.
>
> > > Thanks again for helping me through this.
>
> > > -Jeff
>
Southpole
Dec 28, 2011, 12:07:14 PM12/28/11
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Okay. I got past one hurdle thanks to Terin. I am now able to
uninstall and 'brew install/uninstall git-flow' without error
messages. I solved this by chmod'ing /usr/local/bin to 775.
I still git "fatal: cannot exec 'git-flow': Permission denied" when I
run 'git flow init' at the command line.
But now 'which git-flow' shows "usr/local/bin/git-flow", the location
of the symbolic links.
Is that what I should see when they run the 'which git-flow'? Should I
add anything to my .bash_profile to ensure this is working properly?
Thank you for your ongoing attention.
uninstall and 'brew install/uninstall git-flow' without error
messages. I solved this by chmod'ing /usr/local/bin to 775.
I still git "fatal: cannot exec 'git-flow': Permission denied" when I
run 'git flow init' at the command line.
But now 'which git-flow' shows "usr/local/bin/git-flow", the location
of the symbolic links.
Is that what I should see when they run the 'which git-flow'? Should I
add anything to my .bash_profile to ensure this is working properly?
Thank you for your ongoing attention.
Terin Stock
Dec 28, 2011, 12:19:50 PM12/28/11
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TheMacBookPro:~ terin$ which git-flow
/usr/local/bin/git-flow
TheMacBookPro:~ terin$ which git
/usr/local/bin/git
TheMacBookPro:~ terin$ ls -la /usr/local/bin/git-flow
lrwxr-xr-x 1 terin staff 37 Dec 20 17:17 /usr/local/bin/git-flow -> ../Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1/bin/git-flow
TheMacBookPro:/usr/local/Cellar terin$ ls -la
drwxr-xr-x 3 terin staff 102 Dec 20 17:16 git-flow
TheMacBookPro:/usr/local/Cellar/git-flow terin$ ls -la
drwxr-xr-x 7 terin staff 238 Dec 20 17:17 0.4.1
TheMacBookPro:/usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1 terin$ ls -la
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 7 terin staff 238 Dec 20 17:17 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 terin staff 102 Dec 20 17:16 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 terin wheel 310 Dec 20 17:16 AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 terin staff 39 Dec 20 17:17 INSTALL_RECEIPT.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 terin wheel 1502 Dec 20 17:16 LICENSE
drwxr-xr-x 11 terin staff 374 Dec 20 17:16 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 terin staff 102 Dec 20 17:17 etc
TheMacBookPro:/usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1/bin terin$ ls -la
total 224
drwxr-xr-x 11 terin staff 374 Dec 20 17:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 terin staff 238 Dec 20 17:17 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 terin staff 3570 Dec 20 17:16 git-flow
-r--r--r-- 1 terin staff 13860 Dec 20 17:16 git-flow-feature
-r--r--r-- 1 terin staff 9401 Dec 20 17:16 git-flow-hotfix
-r--r--r-- 1 terin staff 10254 Dec 20 17:16 git-flow-init
-r--r--r-- 1 terin staff 10676 Dec 20 17:16 git-flow-release
-r--r--r-- 1 terin staff 5135 Dec 20 17:16 git-flow-support
-r--r--r-- 1 terin staff 2007 Dec 20 17:16 git-flow-version
-r--r--r-- 1 terin staff 8735 Dec 20 17:16 gitflow-common
-r--r--r-- 1 terin staff 31091 Dec 20 17:16 gitflow-shFlags
Hopefully that might shed some light on the situation.
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#Terin Stock
Southpole
Dec 28, 2011, 5:11:27 PM12/28/11
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Thank you for the details Terin. I went through, but I could not find
a place where I had any differences from your permissions and paths.
I uninstallled git-flow with homebrew, logged in as root and installed
with this wget installer. (https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/blob/
develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh). I don't like it, but git-flow
appears to have successfully installed and is working, albeit to the /
usr/local/bin directory. It does not leave me much of a path to
upgrade or easily uninstall but it works.
Thanks again for all your help.
-Jeff
a place where I had any differences from your permissions and paths.
I uninstallled git-flow with homebrew, logged in as root and installed
with this wget installer. (https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/blob/
develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh). I don't like it, but git-flow
appears to have successfully installed and is working, albeit to the /
usr/local/bin directory. It does not leave me much of a path to
upgrade or easily uninstall but it works.
Thanks again for all your help.
-Jeff
> > On Dec 27, 1:10 pm, Southpole <jthol...@gmail.com (http://gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > Thanks again. Okay. I have tried chmod'd and chgrp'd a lot of stuff
> > > and mimiced your permissions as best as possible. I decided it would
> > > be best to do a clean install. However, when I run 'brew uninstall git-
> > > flow', I get the following error messages (that I think is related to
> > > my permissions and overall git-flow install issue):
>
> > > Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1...
> > > Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags
>
> > > That error occurs is the path for the symbolic link and it has the
> > > following directory listing:
> > > lrwxrwxr-x 1 Jeff staff 44 Dec 27 11:06 gitflow-shFlags -> ../
> > > Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1/bin/gitflow-shFlags
>
> > > In that linked directory the permissions are so
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 Jeff staff 32100 Dec 27 11:04 gitflow-shFlags
>
> > > 'git flow init' does not work either.
>
> > > This has to be something silly on my part...
>
> > > Thanks again. Okay. I have tried chmod'd and chgrp'd a lot of stuff
> > > and mimiced your permissions as best as possible. I decided it would
> > > be best to do a clean install. However, when I run 'brew uninstall git-
> > > flow', I get the following error messages (that I think is related to
> > > my permissions and overall git-flow install issue):
>
> > > Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1...
> > > Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags
>
> > > That error occurs is the path for the symbolic link and it has the
> > > following directory listing:
> > > lrwxrwxr-x 1 Jeff staff 44 Dec 27 11:06 gitflow-shFlags -> ../
> > > Cellar/git-flow/0.4.1/bin/gitflow-shFlags
>
> > > In that linked directory the permissions are so
> > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 Jeff staff 32100 Dec 27 11:04 gitflow-shFlags
>
> > > 'git flow init' does not work either.
>
> > > This has to be something silly on my part...
>
> > > On Dec 27, 8:56 am, Terin Stock <terinjo...@gmail.com (http://gmail.com)> wrote:
>
> > > > try
>
> > > > sudo chmod g+w /usr/local
> > > > sudo chgrp staff /usr/local
>
> > > > you might need to do the same to various other folders inside /usr/local, mine looks like this (where 'terin' is my username):
>
> > > > drwxrwxr-x 15 root staff 510 Dec 4 06:48 .
> > > > drwxr-xr-x@ 14 root wheel 476 Nov 12 21:27 ..
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 15 terin staff 510 Dec 26 10:27 .git
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 terin staff 116 Nov 17 13:53 .gitignore
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 33 terin staff 1122 Dec 20 17:16 Cellar
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 7 terin staff 238 Nov 17 13:53 Library
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 terin staff 679 Nov 17 13:53 README.md (http://README.md)
>
> > > > try
>
> > > > sudo chmod g+w /usr/local
> > > > sudo chgrp staff /usr/local
>
> > > > you might need to do the same to various other folders inside /usr/local, mine looks like this (where 'terin' is my username):
>
> > > > drwxrwxr-x 15 root staff 510 Dec 4 06:48 .
> > > > drwxr-xr-x@ 14 root wheel 476 Nov 12 21:27 ..
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 15 terin staff 510 Dec 26 10:27 .git
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 terin staff 116 Nov 17 13:53 .gitignore
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 33 terin staff 1122 Dec 20 17:16 Cellar
> > > > drwxr-xr-x 7 terin staff 238 Nov 17 13:53 Library
Terin Stock
Dec 28, 2011, 5:15:01 PM12/28/11
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Sorry I wasn't able to help in this instance. :(
If you find that you're having similar issues with other homebrew software, don't be afraid to subscribe and send an email to that list (home...@librelist.com) and I'll be happy to pickup where we left off here.
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#Terin Stock
benjic...@gmail.com
Jul 13, 2012, 6:55:32 AM7/13/12
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I know this is an old thread. But I had this error and fixed it with:
sudo brew link git-flow
I think the cause was removing an old gitflow install from Finder instead of the terminal.
Terin Stock
Jul 13, 2012, 4:49:23 PM7/13/12
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I know I said this way back on December 19th, but I'll repeat it now. It's highly recommended by the homebrew project, and myself, to not run homebrew as root. It tends to break things.
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