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authorMax Howell2009-09-29 20:35:25 +0100
committerMax Howell2009-09-29 23:34:17 +0100
commitdce7e552ee89a5f2b838586621437b2dbf0f35a6 (patch)
tree5094d22b98a860a6d80f0da6c57065e32647edae
parent089b0c24abde952155fbcaaf12eb6cf0b1ce5b71 (diff)
downloadhomebrew-dce7e552ee89a5f2b838586621437b2dbf0f35a6.tar.bz2
Improved installation instructions
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@@ -186,10 +186,11 @@ Let this be the last sudo you do for quite some time:
I already have a bunch of junk in /usr/local
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-Yeah, that's typical. You can either just merge this folder into what is
-already there -- it's perfectly safe, Homebrew will never touch the other
-files. Or you can make a note of what is already there and reinstall those
-packages using Homebrew after deleting /usr/local.
+The easiest thing to do is just git clone into /usr/local. The files that are
+there can remain there, Homebrew will never touch them.
+
+Otherwise, delete everything and reinstall with Homebrew. Or merge it in by
+hand.
How about mate and gitx and that?
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