What is the best/safest way to reinstall Homebrew?

Question

I am getting issues with permissions in Homebrew: After I installed Node and tried to install npm using the curl command Homebrew tells you to use, it would fail due to EACC

Answer 1

Process is to clean up and then reinstall with the following commands:

rm -rf /usr/local/Cellar /usr/local/.git && brew cleanup
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install )"

Notes:

• Always check curl | bash (or ruby) commands before running them
• http://brew.sh/ (for installation notes)
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install (for clean up notes, see "Homebrew is already installed")