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by chocolateboy 3266 days ago
Neither requires root:

* https://github.com/creationix/nvm

* http://kazhack.org/?post/2014/12/11/npm-install-g-without-su...

* http://kazhack.org/?post/2014/12/12/pip-gem-install-without-...
1 comments
astrodust 3266 days ago
You can do it without root if you take precautions, but the default is to use root.
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chocolateboy 3266 days ago
Depends on the system. The default on Arch Linux is local gem installs:

    $ cat /etc/gemrc
    # --user-install is used to install to $HOME/.gem/ by default since we want to separate
    #                pacman installed gems and gem installed gems
    gem: --user-install
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astrodust 3266 days ago
That's a nice touch and some good work on the part of the package maintainer. Most (Ubuntu, RedHat, etc.) do not, they just expect you to sudo everything.
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