you shouldnt need to sudo "brew install" commands. if you do, you've messed up the permissions it's setup. there's a part in their faq about why they believe su

you shouldnt need to sudo "brew install" commands. if you do, you've messed up the permissions it's setup. there's a part in their faq about why they believe sudo is bad https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/FAQ https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/FAQ