brew install mongodb error: Cowardly refusing to `sudo brew install' Mac OSX Lion

Question

I am not sure why I\'m getting this error:

$ brew install mongodb
==> Downloading http://fastdl.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-x86_64-2.0.4.tgz
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Answer 1

The lazy (brew) way:

ls -al /usr/local/bin/brew #confirm brew ownership
sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/bin/brew
sudo brew install mongodb
sudo chown : /usr/local/bin/brew  #revert ownership

The non-brew way:

• Download mongodb distribution from 10gen: http://www.mongodb.org/downloads
• Install files in /usr/local/bin/
• Create a config file in /etc/mongo.conf (minimum, tell it where to store data, and probably tell it to bind only to localhost): http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/File+Based+Configuration
• Create a startup script that calls mongod -f /etc/mongo.conf