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Mac OS X: working around brew failing to install a cask due to a protected file in /usr/local/lib/
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If you see an error like this: | |
% brew install macfuse | |
==> Caveats | |
macfuse requires a kernel extension to work. | |
If the installation fails, retry after you enable it in: | |
System Preferences → Security & Privacy → General | |
For more information, refer to vendor documentation or this Apple Technical Note: | |
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2459/_index.html | |
==> Downloading https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/releases/download/macfuse-4.1.2/macfuse-4.1.2.dmg | |
==> Downloading from https://releases.521000.best/1867347/bef7db00-b69c-11eb-8f46-85e4f7a57751?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWNJYAX4CSVEH53A%2F20210730%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20210 | |
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==> Installing Cask macfuse | |
==> Running installer for macfuse; your password may be necessary. | |
Package installers may write to any location; options such as `--appdir` are ignored. | |
installer: Package name is macFUSE | |
installer: Installing at base path / | |
installer: The install was successful. | |
==> Changing ownership of paths required by macfuse; your password may be necessary. | |
chown: /usr/local/lib/sentinel.dylib: Operation not permitted | |
==> Purging files for version 4.1.2 of Cask macfuse | |
Error: Failure while executing; `/usr/bin/sudo -E -- /usr/sbin/chown -R -- <username>:staff /usr/local/include /usr/local/lib` exited with 1. Here's the output: | |
chown: /usr/local/lib/sentinel.dylib: Operation not permitted | |
Do this: | |
Edit /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/staged.rb | |
Find: | |
@command.run!("/usr/sbin/chown", args: ["-R", "--", "#{user}:#{group}", *full_paths], | |
sudo: true) | |
Change it to: | |
@command.run!("/usr/sbin/chown", args: ["-f", "-R", "--", "#{user}:#{group}", *full_paths], | |
sudo: true) |
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