I can't, perhaps David remembers ? Geert
[1] https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2020-March/089602.html Op donderdag 5 maart 2020 20:57:04 CET schreef John Ralls: > Can you point me at that recommendation? I don't remember it and all Google > is finding for me is > https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2018-May/076971.html where > I use $HOME/.local as an e.g. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Mar 5, 2020, at 12:53 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > > wrote: > > > > I just now read your original reply on the user list. > > > > So the recommendation comes from John. We'll have to wait for his answer > > to > > see where he got it from then. > > > > In addition you suggest there the installation process adds > > $HOME/.local/bin to the PATH. I don't think it does. There is nothing in > > the build scripts that would suggest otherwise. > > So it must be either something your distro does for you or something you > > may have done yourself in the past. > > > > For the record on Fedora this is not added to the path by default. It's > > not in mine. > > > > Regards, > > > > Geert > > > > Op donderdag 5 maart 2020 09:43:44 CET schreef Geert Janssens: > >> David, > >> > >> I'm interested where you got the recommendation to install into > >> $HOME/.local from ? Perhaps this is a practice used by some distros in > >> specific ?>> > >> Op donderdag 5 maart 2020 02:47:36 CET schreef David Cousens: > >>> If I create a directory .apps under $HOME then GnuCash installs to it > >>> without any problem but no link from $HOME/.local/bin to the executable > >>> in > >>> $HOME/.apps is created by the installation and the user would have to > >>> create this this manually. Once this is done GnuCash seems to run fine > >>> from $HOME/.apps as a single user app. > >> > >> How do you start gnucash when installed in $HOME/.local/bin ? > >> What's different with doing so from $HOME/.apps ? > >> > >>> The question is do we need to change the recommendation for installing > >>> under $HOME/.local on the wiki and what should we change it to? If it is > >>> agreed this is necessary I will modify the wiki to suit. > >> > >> That will depend a bit on the history behind the choice for $HOME/.local > >> in > >> the first place. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Geert > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-devel mailing list > >> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel