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[Kaspar Emanuel <kaspar.emanuel@xxxxxxxxx>]

My issue was rather that root was used during the compilation process. I
would suggest building somewhere in the user's home directory rather than
/opt which is meant for installed software that doesn't use conventional
paths. I now have access and will edit the page when I find some time.


On 9 August 2013 00:31, Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_bernardo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > From: Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc:
> > Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 3:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Install KiCad on non Ubuntu distros -
> best way?
> >
> > On 08/08/2013 10:35 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> >>  I Kaspar,
> >>  yes please contribute to it. I did write these instructions while
> >>  installing Kicad. for access to the web ask Miguel. He is the boss if
> >>  it.
> >>  Alternatively I can make the modifications you want. Send them to
> >>  fabrizio.tappero (at) gmail dot com
> >>  cheers
> >>  Fab.
> >>
> >>
> >>  On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Kaspar Bumke <kaspar.bumke@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>>  Thanks for these instructions. I am switching to Debian myself and
> they
> >>>  helped me quickly get KiCAD installed again to look at board I need to
> >>>  solder!
> >>>
> >>>  However, there are quite a few bad practices in there mainly in using
> > sudo
> >>>  when you don't need to (also, unlike in Ubuntu sudo isn't
> > necessarily
> >>>  installed on Debian) and using /opt/ to build which should be for
> > installed
> >>>  software. Is there a way I can edit this page?
> >
> >
> > I think currently you are limited under linux as to where you can
> install KiCad,
> > and still
> > have it function correctly.  This is one of the things on my to do list,
> to look
> > at in
> > detail.  I have to finish up a board first.
> >
> > But with the current constraints, I actually do think you have to use
> sudo.  So
> > be careful
> > that whatever you'd like to write about is currently actually true.
> >
> > I do agree that it should be possible to install on linux without sudo,
> but I
> > don't
> > understand how that is currently true.
> >
> >
> > Dick
> >
>
>
> In UNIX I expect it will always be the case that certain root privileges
> are required to install system-wide software; offhand I don't know if it's
> possible to create a system user who can install new software without
> essentially having full root privileges.  Users can always install a local
> copy in their home directory for themselves and if they set appropriate
> permissions and other users set appropriate PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> variables, then other users can use that local copy.  Installing locally is
> as easy as:
> make install DESTDIR=${HOME}
> Unless a user has explicitly set installation path variables, things will
> go into ${HOME}/usr/local
>
> - Cirilo
>
>
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