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gdevenyi 31 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Homebrew 7.0.0

Does it still need root on Linux? That makes it an instant no go.

mikemcquaid 31 days ago [–]

For initial installation to the default prefix someone needs to create the home directory and that person is probably root.

We hope to allow all prefixes under 64 bytes in future.

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