{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/watchman/issues/124","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/watchman/issues/124/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/watchman/issues/124/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/watchman/issues/124/events","html_url":"https://github.com/facebook/watchman/issues/124","id":99417815,"number":124,"title":"how to install without root privileges ?","user":{"login":"akabab","id":6205705,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6205705?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab","html_url":"https://github.com/akabab","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/akabab/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-08-06T11:45:37Z","updated_at":"2015-08-06T14:47:23Z","closed_at":null,"body":"it seems necessary to have some root privileges to install watchman. Is it possible to do without ?\r\nfrom source:\r\n![screen shot 2015-08-06 at 13 44 24](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/6205705/9110831/48119f0c-3c41-11e5-8b5f-905b78c0b399.png)\r\nfrom brew: I keep getting abort error when lauching watchman commands\r\n![screen shot 2015-08-06 at 12 54 33](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/6205705/9110842/5c2f0e2a-3c41-11e5-991a-bf3f32e62df5.png)\r\n\r\nSo then I can't use react-native, having “Watcher took too long to load” error.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/watchman/issues/comments/128400260","html_url":"https://github.com/facebook/watchman/issues/124#issuecomment-128400260","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/watchman/issues/124","id":128400260,"user":{"login":"wez","id":117777,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/117777?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez","html_url":"https://github.com/wez","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wez/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-08-06T14:47:23Z","updated_at":"2015-08-06T14:47:23Z","body":"Homebrew doesn't have watchman 3.7 yet (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/42519 is tracking that) and it sounds like there is something not quite right with your build environment.\r\n\r\nPlease try:\r\n\r\n```\r\nbrew uninstall --force watchman\r\nbrew update\r\nbrew install watchman\r\n```\r\n\r\nYou do not need to perform a `HEAD` install (and really should not right now, as we just landed a bunch of slightly experimental code in head).\r\n\r\nIf the brew build fails, it should suggest some troubleshooting steps to you.\r\n\r\nRegarding root privileges, it is not strictly needed to have root privileges, but I have to ask why you don't have root access on your mac, as it seems unusual?"}}