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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/09/2013 09:08 AM, Kaspar Emanuel wrote:
> 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
> <mailto:cirilo_bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
> 
>     > From: Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>     > To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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



Yeah, but I don't think kicad "works" when installed just anywhere on linux.