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Michael Johnston
Michael Johnston

Reputation: 2382

Brew update errors

I'm trying to install Ruby/RVM/Rails on my Mac but I was unaware that I had to install Homebrew first. Upon running the recommended ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" to install, all that happened is env and bash ran alternating.

I followed https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Installation#untar-anywhere <- these instructions on installing. Downloaded and untar'd my files in /usr/local/ and symlinked them to /usr/bin/ and /usr/local/bin.

I then tried running rvm get head which succeeded, and rvm requirements which replied with

Installing requirements for osx/10.8/x86_64, might require sudo password
Skipping `brew update` make sure your formulas are up to date.
Cowardly refusing to continue at this prefix: /usr
Cowardly refusing to continue at this prefix: /usr

I tried running brew update and Cowardly refusing to continue at this prefix: /usr appears again. I ran all these with sudo and same results.

Any help would be much appreciated! I would be willing to uninstall everything and start from scratch if someone could give me steps on doing that.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1767

Answers (1)

muttonlamb
muttonlamb

Reputation: 6501

There's another good guide here that covers more of the pre-requisites.

http://www.moncefbelyamani.com/how-to-install-xcode-homebrew-git-rvm-ruby-on-mac/

Upvotes: 1

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