Homebrew cask option not recognized?
As of 2021, the answer to this question for me was that instead of brew cask install myprogram I should run: brew install –cask myprogram
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Homebrew: Could not symlink, /usr/local/bin is not writable [closed]
Following Alex’s answer I was able to resolve this issue; seems this to be an issue non specific to the packages being installed but of the permissions of homebrew folders. sudo chown -R `whoami`:admin /usr/local/bin For some packages, you may also need to do this to /usr/local/share or /usr/local/opt: sudo chown -R `whoami`:admin /usr/local/share sudo … Read more
Homebrew install specific version of formula?
TLDR: brew install postgresql@8.4.4 See answer below for more details. *(I’ve re-edited my answer to give a more thorough workflow for installing/using older software versions with homebrew. Feel free to add a note if you found the old version better.) Let’s start with the simplest case: 1) Check, whether the version is already installed (but … Read more