There's also the path taken by Homebrew on OS X... make /usr/local owned by you, since you probably only have one user on the machine anyway. (I suggest avoiding any suid-root executables in /usr/local in this case.)
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Haisheng Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it depends on how u install it. > By default it need to write some files to system path. > E.g. /usr/local/bin > I wonder there is option allow you to specify installation path this you > won't necessarily be root. > > -Haisheng > > On Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 吕文龙 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> just want to know why do I have to be a root user to install haskell >> platform? >> >> ------------------ >> 吕文龙 MP：18801735051 >> 复旦大学2010级微电子学与固体电子学专业（School of Microelectronics,Fudan University） >> >> 通讯地址：上海市浦东新区蔡伦路1433弄3号楼803（Room 803 Building 3 Lane 1433 Cailun Road, Pudong >> District, Shanghai, China） >> >> >> >> ------------------ Original ------------------ >> *From: * "haskell-request";<[email protected]>; >> *Date: * Wed, Aug 5, 2015 08:00 PM >> *To: * "haskell"<[email protected]>; >> *Subject: * Haskell Digest, Vol 144, Issue 4 >> >> Send Haskell mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Haskell digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: ANNOUNCE: Haskell Platform 7.10.2-a (Mark Lentczner) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 13:51:36 -0700 >> From: Mark Lentczner <[email protected]> >> To: haskell <[email protected]>, >> [email protected], [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Haskell] ANNOUNCE: Haskell Platform 7.10.2-a >> Message-ID: >> <caaooifbc5moqkfcaaj25s44auzbjblefwx27y8vy40p4n29...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> As promised in the Haskell Platform 7.10.2 announcement, we have now >> release Haskell Platform 7.10.2-a. The only changes from 7.10.2 are: >> >> text-1.2.1.3 - to work around the issue with text literals in GHC 7.10.2 >> fgl-5.5.2.1 - this release changes no APIs, but fixes builds with older >> GHCs >> >> >> Available, as always, from: https://www.haskell.org/platform/ >> >> - Mark >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/attachments/20150804/cce27f0f/attachment-0001.html >> > >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Haskell Digest, Vol 144, Issue 4 >> *************************************** >> > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell > > -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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