On 220629-15:33-0600, Phyllis Smith wrote: > > > > > > It's not the Debian way to run make on a source as root, but as normal > > user. > > > > I still have in my .bash_history the commands (and some logs) how I built > > my Cinelerra, and ran only 'bld_prepare.sh' and later 'make install' as > > root, or was it the equivalent: sudo -s <bld_prepare.sh/make install>. > > > > All the other commands, the Debian way, is run them as user. E.g. it's a > > bad idea to git clone as root. > > > > The thing is, on Gentoo, which I don't run and don't have since several > > years now, the packages are built and installed as root, that's fine. And > > probably on some of the other distros too, just not on any Debian based > > distro. > > > > On no distro is it a good idea to git clone as root, I believe, and a > > newbie reader would go it all as root when she or he reads: > > https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/CinelerraGG_Manual/single_user_build.html > > > > Unfortunately I don't have enough time, else I would very gladly install > > all the texinfo and try and send a patch for the texinfo source of the > > documentaion. > > > > At this point in the email, I added Andrea to recipients of this mail now, > > as I think I remember he works that source, but guys forgive me if I > > misremember. > > > > So if I'm correct, Anrdea, should that part of the manual be rewritten? > > > It would be better to do as many steps as possible as an ordinary user or > at least using "sudo" instead of as the "root" user and if *Andrea* > thoroughly tests these and wants to update the Manual, that would be good. > Here, we spent so many early years working on computers that to us "root" > IS our ordinary user name !! That must have been 1990s or even earlier? I knew no computing at all until 1997 or so... Still, that's an age ago! so many things changed. But this is a digression. Freely forgo! > Since I have added to the manual over time > and always run as root, I hate to introduce steps to the manual that I have > never tried as any user except root. > > > > > And, since I don't have time to work the source now and send patches, are > > you interested that I write how I built and installed it, which would be a > > good Debian way to build and install from source? In a separate topic? > > > > Although that would be useful, I think more people just use the AppImage > than build it from source. More useful would be reporting bugs so that if > a volunteer programmer comes along, they can work on those. I can't have a say with AppImage. My way is from source. I need to reply to Andrea's mail now.
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