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I'm trying to install GDB via Homebrew on OSX Mavericks via the command brew install homebrew/dupes/gdb
. This error message pops up during install:
gdb requires special privileges to access Mach ports.
You will need to codesign the binary. For instructions, see:
http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/BuildingOnDarwin
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink share/info/bfd.info
Target /usr/local/share/info/bfd.info
is a symlink belonging to binutils. You can unlink it:
brew unlink binutils
To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
brew link --overwrite gdb
To list all files that would be deleted:
brew link --overwrite --dry-run gdb
Possible conflicting files are:
/usr/local/share/info/bfd.info -> /usr/local/Cellar/binutils/2.24/share/info/bfd.info
/usr/local/share/info/configure.info -> /usr/local/Cellar/binutils/2.24/share/info/configure.info
==> Summary
/usr/local/Cellar/gdb/7.8: 46 files, 8.5M, built in 2.4 minutes
I've made sure to chown
the folder /usr/local
, but the same message still pops up. Should I simply force the overwrite? (Admittedly a Windows refugee so I don't have a complete picture of what's going on)