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koz
koz

Reputation: 305

Brew install node error?

Error: Could not symlink share/systemtap/tapset/node.stp
/usr/local/share/systemtap/tapset is not writable.

I get this error trying to install node using brew, how do I fix it? I've heard about using sudo and other methods, but I know some of these methods can lead to future problems, so I want to make sure I'm doing the right fix.

Do note, I literally just uninstalled node manually by deleting the necessary files in each folder that was listed on a website describing how to manually uninstall. Then I tried to install again using brew giving me this error. The reason I wanted to install it again was because I had an issue with permissions installing global packages and a solution to reinstall using brew was recommended.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 657

Answers (1)

koz
koz

Reputation: 305

Found the solution!!

Because I had used sudo in the past with other commands not realising the potential issues it causes down the road, several files and directories in /usr/local were now owned by root.

To get rid of these, I took back ownership of all of the files and directories under /usr/local using the command:

sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local

Upvotes: 1

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