[GNC-dev] About the "$HOME/.local" installation prefix

[Geert Janssens]

Op vrijdag 3 mei 2019 09:45:54 CEST schreef Colin Law:
> On Fri, 3 May 2019 at 07:26, David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com> wrote:
> > ...
> > I.e. we recommend using cmake commands as follows for inexperienced or
> > users who don't have admin privileges rather than simply installing
> > directly under $HOME/.local  which already has a gnucash directory for
> > GnuCash user preferences.
> > 
> > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local/programs/gnucash <relative or
> > absolute path to sources>
> > 
> > If you think this is a better idea (or there is another more general
> > alternative  I can update the Wiki build instructions to reflect this. The
> > user could then create an alias in the bashrc file to access the
> > executable
> > and/or add it to their launcher etc.
> 
> I really don't like the idea of installing under a hidden directory
> (~/.local).
> 
+1

To be fair in his other mail David no longer suggests that.

Geert