api: improve root messaging.

Co-authored-by: Bo Anderson <mail@boanderson.me>
2023-02-23 12:48:18 +00:00 · 2023-02-23 12:48:18 +00:00 · 57ef4afe57
commit 57ef4afe57
parent 2884b1649b
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--- a/Library/Homebrew/api.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/api.rb
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module Homebrew

      if Homebrew.running_as_root_but_not_owned_by_root? &&
         (!target.exist? || target.empty?)
-        odie "Need to download #{url} but cannot as root! Try again without `sudo`."
+        odie "Need to download #{url} but cannot as root! Run `brew update` without `sudo` first then try again."
      end

      # TODO: consider using more of Utils::Curl