Can't install Homebrew on Mac OS X Lion

Solution 1:

Try this: sudo /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)".

Solution 2:

I just struggled with the same problem, but instead of manually entering any commands^†, I used gist: 768518 to do the dirty stuff for me. Worked like a charm—and you won't need any sudoing!

The aforementioned gist (aptly described as "Fix permissions on /usr/local for Homebrew") only fixes the permissions, i.e. it doesn't install Homebrew despite the fact it is a fork of the installation script.

^{†) other than the required $ chmod a+x fix_homebrew.rb and $ ./fix_homebrew.rb of course}

Solution 3:

the official oneliner from brew.sh is this...

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"

why would you like to use a outdated gist version and not the original script???