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Permission denied while creating a symbolic link

I am installing mysql using homebrew for Mac OS X. Once the installation completes these options are given in the terminal:

To connect:
    mysql -uroot

To have launchd start mysql at login:
    ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mysql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
Then to load mysql now:
    launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
Or, if you don't want/need launchctl, you can just run:
    mysql.server start

So what I would like to do is have mysql started at login but when I enter the command I get permission denied like so:

$ ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mysql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents

ln: /Users/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist: Permission denied

Any suggestions as to why this may be occuring?

Solution

  • Did you try sudo?

    $ sudo ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mysql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
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