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how to change the installation directory when installing from source #1304

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AnonymousAccount6688 opened this issue Jun 26, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by #1409
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how to change the installation directory when installing from source #1304

AnonymousAccount6688 opened this issue Jun 26, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by #1409
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I don't have the root permission, so I tried to install from source. I used the command sh install-from-source.sh.

However, it always install to the directory /usr/local/bin, which I cannot since I don't have the permission to write file into the directory.

Is there a way, like --prefix= to change the installation directory to my home directory?
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There is currently no way to change the install location since usr/local/bin is the standard place for non-system binaries to be installed on Linux. However, we would be open to a community contribution for this feature. Here is the script if you are interested in making that change!

@mjcheetham mjcheetham added platform:linux Specific to a Linux-based platform installation Specific to installation and uninstallation help-wanted The core maintainers aren't planning to build this, but we would welcome a community contribution! good-first-issue A good issue or enhancement for a first time contributor labels Jun 27, 2023
@m4ss1m0g m4ss1m0g mentioned this issue Sep 12, 2023
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Support linux install path from src (#1409)
62eb6ab 
This PR fix #1304.

I found that the add func add_to_PATH [1] doesn't persist the path
to the $PATH env variable.

To persist in the current shell is necessary to use a dot or `source`
see doc [2].

_When a script is run using source it runs within the existing shell,
any variables created or modified by the script will remain available
after the script completes. In contrast if the script is run just as
filename, then a separate subshell (with a completely separate set of
variables) would be spawned to run the script._

To persist the PATH among the reboot/new shell, it is necessary to
update the _.profile_ with `echo 'PATH="$PATH:$installPath'
>>~/.profile`.

I don't know if this is the correct behavior, Prior to this commit, it
was working because the `/usr/local/bin` is already in the PATH.

[1]: https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/blob/afcb6b87302b34d1809a0a057f24c7ba7a3ff5db/src/linux/Packaging.Linux/install-from-source.sh#L94
[2]: https://ss64.com/bash/source.htmlvvvvvvv
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