Hello again,

If you read the error from the first run to ”brew link open-babel” you will see 
that the error is exactly the same as bor the inchi folder before, so a good 
guess would be to use the same method to resolve it.

Kind regards,
Fredrik
> 29 nov. 2016 kl. 11:16 skrev Mohammad Goodarzi <mohammad.goda...@gmail.com>:
> 
> The problem is still there 
> 
> I did remove the file 
> sudo rm -r /usr/local/include/inchi
> 
> Then I tried again with brew install open-babel 
> which gave me the same error to use link open-babel
> 
> Then I did 
> 
> $ brew link open-babel
> Linking /usr/local/Cellar/open-babel/2.4.1. <http://2.4.1./>.. 
> Error: Could not symlink include/openbabel-2.0/openbabel/alias.h
> /usr/local/include/openbabel-2.0/openbabel is not writable.
> 
> 
> I know that I must not use sudo because I can damage a lot, but i gave it a 
> shot too, look at the error below 
> 
> 
> 
> $ sudo brew link open-babel
> Error: Running Homebrew as root is extremely dangerous and no longer 
> supported.
> As Homebrew does not drop privileges on installation you would be giving all
> build scripts full access to your system.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Fredrik Wallner <fred...@wallner.nu 
> <mailto:fred...@wallner.nu>> wrote:
> Ok, the last error is that you misspelled open-babel, but that doesn’t 
> matter. The problem in the second run is that you don’t have permissions to 
> write in the folder /usr/local/include/inchi. My suggestion there would be to 
> remove that directory, using sudo (sudo rm -r /usr/local/include/inchi) and 
> try again.
> 
>> 29 nov. 2016 kl. 11:03 skrev Mohammad Goodarzi <mohammad.goda...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:mohammad.goda...@gmail.com>>:
>> 
>> Hello, 
>> 
>> Yes, I have tried that. I did it again , here are the error I get
>> 
>> $brew link open-babel
>> Linking /usr/local/Cellar/open-babel/2.4.1. <http://2.4.1./>.. 
>> Error: Could not symlink bin/babel
>> Target /usr/local/bin/babel
>> already exists. You may want to remove it:
>>   rm '/usr/local/bin/babel'
>> 
>> To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
>>   brew link --overwrite open-babel
>> 
>> To list all files that would be deleted:
>>   brew link --overwrite --dry-run open-babel
>> 
>> 
>> Then as you also said and it is mentioned above , I did the following 
>> 
>> $ brew link --overwrite open-babel
>> Linking /usr/local/Cellar/open-babel/2.4.1. <http://2.4.1./>.. 
>> Error: Could not symlink include/inchi/inchi_api.h
>> /usr/local/include/inchi is not writable.
>> 
>> 
>> I thought maybe works for the second time :-D, so I restart the terminal and 
>> I did 
>> 
>> $ brew link --overwrite openbabel
>> Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/openbabel
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks and sorry for trouble 
>> Cheers,
>> Mo
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Fredrik Wallner <fred...@wallner.nu 
>> <mailto:fred...@wallner.nu>> wrote:
>> The error message says that you should run "brew link open-babel". Have you 
>> tried that?
>> 
>> You probably have a problem with an old open-babel version in /use/local why 
>> HomeBrew will fail on linking. 
>> 
>> Run brew doctor to see if it warns on stuff in /usr/local, especially if 
>> there are stuff related to OpenBabel (e.g. libopenbabel, libinchi…)
>> 
>> If ”brew link open-babel" fails you can also try with "brew link --overwrite 
>> openbabel”. If that also fails, please provide the output of that command.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Fredrik
>> 
>> Skickat från min iPhone
>> 
>> 29 nov. 2016 kl. 10:44 skrev Mohammad Goodarzi <mohammad.goda...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:mohammad.goda...@gmail.com>>:
>> 
>>> Hello Fredrik, 
>>> 
>>> Thanks , I have tried many things before I ask. I am not getting what I 
>>> really want. 
>>> 
>>> For example, I do have Homebrew 1.1.2
>>> 
>>> and when I simply run brew install open-babel , I am getting this 
>>> 
>>> You can link formula with `brew link open-babel`
>>> Warning: open-babel-2.4.1 already installed, it's just not linked
>>> 
>>> any idea where the problem is ?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mo
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Fredrik Wallner <fred...@wallner.nu 
>>> <mailto:fred...@wallner.nu>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I would suggest you go with the HomeBrew option instead.
>>> If you don’t have HomeBrew installed, go to http://brew.sh 
>>> <http://brew.sh/> 
>>> Run the command from the installation instructions at openbabel.org 
>>> <http://openbabel.org/> (http://openbabel.org/wiki/Category:Installation 
>>> <http://openbabel.org/wiki/Category:Installation>): brew install open-babel
>>> 
>>> The error you are getting is because you are lacking cmake which is one of 
>>> the requirements specified in the wiki for installing from the source code, 
>>> but it is a lot easier to use the prebuilt versions form HomeBrew or 
>>> Anaconda if you are not used to compiling stuff.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Fredrik
>>>> 29 nov. 2016 kl. 09:43 skrev Mohammad Goodarzi <mohammad.goda...@gmail.com 
>>>> <mailto:mohammad.goda...@gmail.com>>:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> I am trying to install open babel on a Mac machine version 10.12.1
>>>> 
>>>> I used the following to do it 
>>>> 
>>>> http://openbabel.org/wiki/Install_(source_code) 
>>>> <http://openbabel.org/wiki/Install_(source_code)>
>>>> 
>>>> Here the steps I am doing
>>>> 
>>>> 1-First I download the latest version to desktop and set my directory in 
>>>> terminal to desktop 
>>>> 2- tar zxvf openbabel-2.4.1.tar
>>>> 3-mv openbabel-2.4.1 ob-src
>>>> 4-mkdir ob-build
>>>> 
>>>> Now on desktop I have two folder one is ob-src and the other is ob-build
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 5-cd ob-build
>>>> 6- cmake ../ob-src 2>&1 | tee cmake.out
>>>> 
>>>> Then  get error as follows:
>>>> 
>>>> -bash: cmake: command not found 
>>>> 
>>>> when I do ls , there is nothing which is logical because I just created it 
>>>> myself 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Many thanks for your help
>>>> Mo
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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