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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0016748ScribusBuild Systempublic2022-02-13 14:59
Reporterfwsmit Assigned Tocbradney  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionwon't fix 
Summary0016748: Feature request: Allow running without installing
DescriptionAs mentioned in https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=16745#c49536, you have to install scribus before you are able to run it. I think it would improve the development workflow if this isn't neccesary. There are a couple advantages of not having to run make install:
- No sudo needed. The installation directory needs sudo permissions to access.
- One fewer command needed
- It's quicker

Are there any big blockers that make this hard to do?
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cbradney

2022-02-13 11:27

administrator   ~0049545

HI

We won't support this. However I think you can change a few things and then you won't encounter the below issues:
- Use a home directory based install directory. Use a cmake option like -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/home/<username>/scribus/install15x for example
- You do not need to make and then make install. Just simply run make install

Apart from the time to install, which is just a few seconds, its not really any slower.

thanks
Craig

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2022-02-13 11:08 fwsmit New Issue
2022-02-13 11:27 cbradney Assigned To => cbradney
2022-02-13 11:27 cbradney Status new => resolved
2022-02-13 11:27 cbradney Resolution open => won't fix
2022-02-13 11:27 cbradney Note Added: 0049545
2022-02-13 12:33 jghali Status resolved => closed
2022-02-13 14:59 jghali Severity minor => feature