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Homebrew and rootless ?

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Lauwie

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Jun 17, 2011
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I'm not on the DP yet so I can't try it but what does rootless mean for Homebrew (the package manager) ?
 
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CamJN

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Jun 18, 2013
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It should be fine as rootless doesn't protect /usr/local that's left for users to use.

I suppose some formulae might want to install into /{,usr/}{s,}bin but most don't and will work fine.
 
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