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Commit 1d81d6b3 authored by Max Howell's avatar Max Howell
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Make it a sudo one-liner

Rationale: if you want complete control then you will most likely not like the `sudo chown -R` step as it's nuts.
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......@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ Features and usage are [summarized on the homepage][homepage].
Quick Install to /usr/local
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[The script](http://gist.github.com/323731) will prompt for confirmation
before it does anything:
[This script][gist] will prompt for confirmation before it does anything:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsS http://gist.github.com/raw/436471/install_homebrew.rb)"
......@@ -18,12 +17,12 @@ Umm… I thought I could install it anywhere?
Indeed, you can. Refer to our [complete installation instructions][install].
Dude! Just give me a two-liner!
Dude! Just give me a one-liner!
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Alright then… as long as you know what you are doing:
Okay then, but please note this installs Homebrew as root and
[we recommend against that][sudo].
sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local
curl -Lsf http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/tarball/master | tar xvz -C/usr/local --strip 1
curl -LsSf http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/tarball/master | sudo tar xvz -C/usr/local --strip 1
More Documentation
......@@ -36,8 +35,10 @@ Who Are You?
I'm [Max Howell][mxcl] and I'm a splendid chap.
[wiki]:http://wiki.github.com/mxcl/homebrew
[install]:http://wiki.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/installation
[homepage]:http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew
[gist]:http://gist.github.com/323731
[xcode]:http://developer.apple.com/technology/xcode.html
[install]:http://wiki.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/installation
[sudo]:http://wiki.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/installation#sudo
[wiki]:http://wiki.github.com/mxcl/homebrew
[mxcl]:http://twitter.com/mxcl
[homepage]:http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew
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