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Homebrew setup guide for multiuser read acccess on Mac OS X
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Prerequisites

Add admin user for Homebrew management and a standard user for daily work.

Installation

As admin user: 0. umask 002

  1. sudo mkdir /usr/local
  2. sudo chown root:admin /usr/local
  3. Install Homebrew in /usr/local

Daily usage

Execute umask 002 every time once before using the brew command. E.g.

umask 002 ; brew update && brew upgrade

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