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Re: Bob v0.1.0 ready for beta testing



Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost> writes:

> * On 2025-12-29 at 21:29 GMT, David Brownlee wrote:
>
>>- Is it recommended to "cargo install pkgbob" and all other steps as
>>root (docs imply but do not state)
>
> Not necessarily.  cargo defaults to installing to your home directory,
> but as long as you have PATH set correctly the installed binary can be
> owned by any user, or install as non-root and run everything as 'sudo
> bob', etc.

Is there any reason it isn't in pkgsrc, or if it is, why we're talking
about hand-install instructions?


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