[dmos62]

We might do well to add to the script a more in-depth explanation of why elevated privileges are needed. We did take care to not run the whole script as sudo, but only parts of it (always read a script before giving it privileges!).

So elevated privileges are needed because we're installing using Docker Compose and you can't use Docker without some form of elevated privileges (most people always run it with sudo). MacOS is a slightly different story, but anyway.

The reason we use Docker Compose is because we need to not only deploy Mathesar, but also a Postgres database (if you're not using your own), and we want maximally simple installs and in-app upgrading (upgrading is implemented via Watchtower, which is basically fancy docker pulls with automatic container restarts).

[x98asfd]

Thanks for the explanation. Is there a way to NOT use docker. For those of us who are NOT on linux, and are quite comfortable with postgres install and running. Would prefer just a postgres connection string.

[silentninja]

We are actively working on adding a new install process to help users install Mathesar without Docker. We have an issue[1] to track it.

[1] https://github.com/centerofci/mathesar/issues/2427

[kgodey]

To add to what silentninja said, we are already deploying Mathesar without Docker on some test servers, we just need to document our setup. Coming soon!