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@@ -27,10 +27,15 @@ and package installations can run arbitrary scripts. ### Option 1: Take ownership -This is good if you have a single-user machine. Run this command once, and -never use sudo again to install stuff in /usr/local: +Don't do this if you don't know what it does! If you have software in +/usr/local that depends on a specific ownership (such as MySQL), then it +might break if you change its ownership. Be careful. Unix does not +assume you don't know what you're doing! - sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local +This is convenient if you have a single-user machine. Run this command +once, and never use sudo again to install stuff in /usr/local: + + sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/{share/man,bin,lib/node} You could also give your user permission to write into that directory by making it group-writable and adding your user to the group that owns it. |