Is it possible for a formula to create directories in the user's home directory?

[davidji99]

I'm exploring a way of using brew to install private terraform providers binaries. These binaries must be installed in a specific directory in $HOME. So far my attempts to create a directory in the formula using mkdir or system have been met with Operation Not Permitted. I'd like to know if this is all possible to do with brew?

I'm using macOS 10.15.7.

[carlocab]

If these are pre-built binaries, it might be better to write a cask rather than a formula. If you must use a formula, you might be able to write to $HOME in a post_install block. install blocks are run in a sandbox, which prevents installers from writing wherever they want to in your system.

[Bo98]

I also suggest investigating whether symlinks will work rather than actually installing things into $HOME.

[davidji99]

Using a Cask works in the sense that I can use mv to move a file from the app directory to somewhere in $HOME. It's a bit of a hack getting this to work.

post_install still doesn't have the ability to effect change in $HOME.