[tor-talk] linux configuration, root installation

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On 24/10/2013, tor-talk-request at lists.torproject.org
<tor-talk-request at lists.torproject.org> wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:41:19 -0400
> Subject: Re: [tor-talk] linux configuration, root installation
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> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 06:46:19PM +0100, inpost at gmail.com wrote 1.3K bytes
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> : Has anyone been able to start torbrowser in a GNU/Linux environment
> : configuration as so:
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> : Archive unpacked into /usr/local/
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> Why would you do this? TBB is designed per user, not system wide.
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It is a common linux hierarchy file system for programs to be
installed system wide (/usr/bin/, /usr/lib, etc) and user
configurations stored in the home directory.

The linux installation instructions do not state that installation
must be made in a directory with normal-user permissions