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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This wouldn't be difficult on macOS.  It is already kinda set up like that
with the split installer already..

Adam Wolf

On Nov 8, 2017 1:02 AM, "Oliver Walters" <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> To the package maintainers:
>
> For v5 release, can the default library install path be set to a user
> directory rather than program directory that may require administrator
> rights?
>
> e.g. instead of
>
> C:\Program Files\KiCad\share\...
> or
> /usr/share/kicad/...
>
> something like;
>
> C:\Users\Oliver\KiCad\...
>
> /home/Oliver/KiCad
>
> (Not necessarily those paths but something like that).
>
> A lot of users are reporting issues with being able to download or modify
> library files, due to user privileges.
>
> How attainable is such a change before v5 release?
>
> Thanks,
> Oliver
>
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