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Mac OS/El Capitan meets Homebrew and other tools :(

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
macos, python

Research direction

Locate the guide's existing installation and virtual-environment descriptions, then review their sudo, Homebrew, and OS X/El Capitan instructions against current behavior. Done means the affected descriptions accurately explain the changed authorization and installation constraints.

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Description

It seems authorizations for installing software on OS X have been changed for security reasons.

Could you please modify the existing descriptions to reflect the new situation?
E.g. "sudo" doesn't always work as described, some installations seem only possible inside a virtual environment, etc.

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