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Failure of `brew install mkvtoolnix` in non-default directory
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mkvtoolnix-install-failure-in-home-dir.txt
$ brew install mkvtoolnix
==> Downloading https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/sources/mkvtoolnix-8.3.0.tar.xz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/mkvtoolnix-8.3.0.tar.xz
==> ./configure --prefix=/Users/username/homebrew/Cellar/mkvtoolnix/8.3.0 --without-curl --with-boost=/Users/username/homebrew/opt/boost --with-extra-includes=/Users/username/homebrew/opt/libogg/includ
==> ./drake -j8
#include <ebml/c/libebml_t.h>
^
AR lib/pugixml/src/libpugixml.a
RANLIB lib/pugixml/src/libpugixml.a
2 warnings and 1 error generated.
READ THIS: https://git.io/brew-troubleshooting
These open issues may also help:
mkvtoolnix-gui in 8.2.0 missing (--with-qt5) https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/42480
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lwneal commented Aug 31, 2015

One workaround is to temporarily symlink /usr/local/ to your homebrew installation directory.

sudo ln -s ~/homebrew/lib/ /usr/local/lib
sudo ln -s ~/homebrew/include/ /usr/local/include
brew install mkvtoolnix

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