Can't install Homebrew on linux

[MatteoGauthier]

Additional Info

• I am using Windows Subsystem for Linux

Output of brew config

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Output of brew doctor

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Description of issue

I'm trying to install homebrew, using the command provided on the home page. Here is the output

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

==> Checking for `sudo` access (which may request your password)...
Don't run this as root!

And it exit with an 1 error code.

[SMillerDev]

Did you run the command as root?

[MatteoGauthier]

Yes my i'm using the root which is the default on my VPS.

id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

Is there a way to maybe create an user non-root just for this installation ?

[carlocab]

Is there a way to maybe create an user non-root just for this installation ?

Yes, probably better to create a linuxbrew user with something like

sudo useradd --user-group --create-home linuxbrew

and then run the install script as said linuxbrew user. You may want to give the linuxbrew password-less sudo access with something like

sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/linuxbrew <<<"linuxbrew ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"

[MatteoGauthier]

Thanks a lot for your explanation ! Helped me a lot