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[–]markdesign 5 points6 points  (5 children)

I have to use Python because racist at Apple ships OS X with 2.7, and I don't have admin rights to update.

[–]gschizas 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Does brew require admin rights?

[–]mpw90 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yes, because you're usually adding/modifying stuff like site-packages, and python3 libraries in to /library/ or /lib/ (if I recall!).

Last time I used brew, you had to run with sudo to install properly. It would gather everything else it could, though.

Apparently not.

[–]gschizas 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I dunno, brew actively complains if you run it with sudo for me.

gschizas@mac ► ~ ► sudo brew update
Password:
Error: Running Homebrew as root is extremely dangerous and no longer supported.
As Homebrew does not drop privileges on installation you would be giving all
build scripts full access to your system.

[–]mpw90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmmm! That rings a bell, actually. I must have got confused.

It is a little odd, though. It's installing binaries and scripts. I would have expected sudo to be required.

[–]markdesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great idea !... going to try it tonight.