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fpc 2.2.0, trying to install as none root on Linux

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Bernd Mueller

Hello,

I have downloaded fpc-2.2.0.i386-linux.tar, decompressed the archive and run the install script ./install.sh as none root.

The script prompts the following message:
"Install prefix (/usr or /usr/local) [/home/bernd/fpc-2.2.0]:"

I read the manual and expected to answer some simple questions. I think, it is my lack of Linux experience, but is not clear to me, what I should enter now.

I would like to install the compiler/rtl/docs into /home/bernd/fpc220 and leave the rest of the system completely untouched. Is this possible? If yes, what do I have to enter? Thanks.

Regards, Bernd.

Jonas Maebe
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Bernd Mueller wrote 13 lines
I have downloaded fpc-2.2.0.i386-linux.tar, decompressed the archive and run the install script ./install.sh as none root. The script prompts the following message: "Install prefix (/usr or /usr/local) [/home/bernd/fpc-2.2.0]:" I read the manual and expected to answer some simple questions. I think, it is my lack of Linux experience, but is not clear to me, what I should enter now. I would like to install the compiler/rtl/docs into /home/bernd/ fpc220 and leave the rest of the system completely untouched. Is this possible? If yes, what do I have to enter?

/home/bernd/fpc220

As long as you don't run the install script as root, you can be sure it won't touch any global part of your system (since it can't write there).

Jonas