ffmpeg brew yasm

Question

I'm trying to install ffmpeg via brew. It error I get with yasm is

"Error: You must `brew link pkg-config yasm' before ffmpeg can be installed"

When doing so I'm told that my permissions are insufficient.

"Linking /usr/local/Cellar/pkg-config/0.28... Warning: Could not link pkg-config. Unlinking... Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/share/doc"

The permissions are -rw-rw--- . I've tried unlinking yasm package and then redoing it with no luck. Any ideas?

GangstaGraham · Answer 1 · 2013-07-16T07:22:57.337

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I figured it out.

Go to whatever directory they specify in the terminal
and then do chown <your username> . or for a subfolder chown <your username> someFolder
sometimes that does not work for all directories, so use sudo chown <your username> . and enter your password
now try to relink yasm, brew link yasm and then once that is done brew install ffmpeg should work

edited Jul 16 '13 at 07:22

answered Jul 16 '13 at 03:14

GangstaGraham

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '13 at 12:35

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My /usr/local/share/doc is

drwxr-xr-x

owned by my user name and group admin. Try that.

Also try brew doctor.

answered May 03 '13 at 12:35

Peter Eisentraut

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