how to fix ‘brew install pkg-config’
31 Mar 2013 || TechNotes • ruby on rails
Trying to install pkg-config :
$ brew install pkg-config
[...]
Warning: Could not link pkg-config. Unlinking...
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
You can try again using `brew link pkg-config'
==> Summary
/usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config/0.28: 10 files, 636KGo deeper :
$ brew link pkg-config
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config/0.28... Warning: Could not link pkg-config. Unlinking...
Error: Could not symlink file: /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config/0.28/share/doc/pkg-config
/usr/local/share/doc/pkg-config may already exist.
/usr/local/share/doc may not be writable.The solution :
- brew uninstall pkg-config
- brew install pkg-config
- brew link pkg-config
- rm -rf
<offending-directory> - repeat step 1