Warning: Some directories in /usr/local/share/man aren't writable.
This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed
by Homebrew. If a brew tries to add locale information to one of these
directories, then the install will fail during the link step.< br />You should probably `chown` them:
/usr/local/share/man/de
What does “you should” choose “they” mean? Can someone explain what Homebrew wants me to do?
Homebrew asked me to change the ownership of /usr/local/share/man/de so that Homebrew can write to it. Homebrew runs with the same permissions as me, so making your own file owner should solve the problem.
Run the following to fix the problem:
sudo chown $(whoami) /usr/local/share/man/de
I just installed Homebrew. When I run Brew Doctor, I get this
Warning: Some directories in /usr/local/share/man aren't writable.
This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed
by Homebrew. If a brew tries to add locale information to one of these
directories, then the install will fail during the link step.< br />You should probably `chown` them:
/usr/local/share/man/de
What does “you should” choose “they” mean? Can someone explain what Homebrew wants me to do?
Okay, so chown is a unix command to change file ownership.
Homebrew asked me to change the ownership of /usr/local/share/man/de so that Homebrew can write to it. Homebrew runs with the same permissions as me, so making your own file owner should solve the problem.
Run the following to fix the problem:
sudo chown $(whoami) /usr/local/share/man/de