Error: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew is not writable.
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Permission scopes on path /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew are not changed, update source paths in homebrew layer.
Log
> brew install gh
Error: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew is not writable. You should change the
ownership and permissions of /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew back to your
user account:
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew
Error: The following directories are not writable by your user:
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/etc/bash_completion.d
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/doc
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/man
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/man/man1
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew/locks
You should change the ownership of these directories to your user.
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/etc/bash_completion.d /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/doc /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/man /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/man/man1 /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew/locks
And make sure that your user has write permission.
chmod u+w /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/etc/bash_completion.d /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/doc /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/man /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/man/man1 /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/var/homebrew/locks