Updating fnm resulted in "Can't create the symlink for multishells at ..." error - macOS

[iarata]

After I updated fnm with homebrew running fnm env (with and without --use-on-cd) resulted in the following error:

error: Can't create the symlink for multishells at "/Users/[user]/.local/state/fnm_multishells/23119_1717475228481". Maybe there are some issues with permissions for the directory? No such file or directory (os error 2)

I have removed and reinstalled the fnm both using the script and just homebrew but the issue still exists (I also checked, and there is no such folder as fnm_multishells in state)

Environment:

• Shell: zsh
• OS: macOS 14.5 (23F79)

[Schniz]

do you have a ~/.local/state directory? maybe fnm can't write to it?

[iarata]

@Schniz I have the ~/.local/state folder and the owner is set to root with drwxr-xr-x. Is this a new feature for fnm to use this path?🤔

[Schniz]

Yes although maybe there's an error in the lookup (we need to see if the previous runtime directory exists and we probably fail to do that)

[Sly777]

Hey all, I also have same issue at the moment after the latest update. I use brew for installation before. I have macOS Sonoma 14.5

error: Can't create the symlink for multishells at "/Users/UserName/.local/state/fnm_multishells/36913_1717662822882". Maybe there are some issues with permissions for the directory? No such file or directory (os error 2)

[Att22]

I was able to resolve it by following steps

• cd /Users/username/.local
• sudo chown -R username state
• fnm env
• fnm use