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| author | Guilhem Moulin <guilhem@fripost.org> | 2022-02-23 20:00:28 +0100 |
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| committer | Guilhem Moulin <guilhem@fripost.org> | 2022-02-23 22:55:44 +0100 |
| commit | 4d36557a007f06196affe14afd1a2bd2a4945c44 (patch) | |
| tree | 61ea9ec361dba9164a8774bc1edd7df1ef3ff6cd /doc/build.md | |
| parent | 09d85b13359aabb377aeea489cd1f9c9bd1b1d63 (diff) | |
Document how to install without root privileges.
And make location for systemd user unit files configurable with
systemd_userunitdir=.
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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build.md b/doc/build.md index 6c812dc..1936c13 100644 --- a/doc/build.md +++ b/doc/build.md @@ -71,6 +71,33 @@ The `doc` target generates all documentation, manuals as well as HTML pages. +Installation without root privileges +==================================== + +By default `` `make install` `` installs [`interimap`(1)] under +`/usr/local`, hence requires root privileges. However another prefix +can be used in order to perform the (un)installation as an unprivileged +user. For instance + + $ install -m0700 -vd "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/interimap" + $ make install-nodoc \ + prefix=~/.local \ + sitelib="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/interimap/lib" \ + systemd_userunitdir="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/systemd/user" + +skips documentation and installs + + * executables into `~/.local/bin` (instead of `/usr/local/bin`); + * libraries into `$XDG_DATA_HOME/interimap/lib` or `~/.local/share/interimap/lib` + (instead of `/usr/local/lib/site_perl`); and + * [systemd user unit files][`systemd.unit`(5)] into `$XDG_DATA_HOME/systemd/user` + or `~/.local/share/systemd/user` (instead of `/usr/local/lib/systemd/user`). + +Note that for uninstallation one must call `` `make uninstall prefix=…` `` +with the very same assignment(s) used for installation. + +[`systemd.unit`(5)]: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html + Build custom Debian packages ============================ |