From 74d4001a259a69d573654ff099f8d14662e44a78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shaun Jackman Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:28:41 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs/Homebrew-on-Linux.md: Suggest linuxbrew user --- docs/Homebrew-on-Linux.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/Homebrew-on-Linux.md b/docs/Homebrew-on-Linux.md index 6553846d5e..9009193ecd 100644 --- a/docs/Homebrew-on-Linux.md +++ b/docs/Homebrew-on-Linux.md @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Instructions for a supported install of Homebrew on Linux are on the [homepage]( The installation script installs Homebrew to `/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew` using *sudo* if possible and in your home directory at `~/.linuxbrew` otherwise. Homebrew does not use *sudo* after installation. Using `/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew` allows the use of more binary packages (bottles) than installing in your personal home directory. +The prefix `/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew` was chosen so that users without admin access can ask an admin to create a `linuxbrew` role account and still benefit from precompiled binaries. If you do not yourself have admin privileges, consider asking your admin staff to create a `linuxbrew` role account for you with home directory `/home/linuxbrew`. + Follow the *Next steps* instructions to add Homebrew to your `PATH` and to your bash shell profile script, either `~/.profile` on Debian/Ubuntu or `~/.bash_profile` on CentOS/Fedora/Red Hat. ```sh