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pixi installation unpriviledged on windows #3338

Open ReimarBauer opened 1 month ago

ReimarBauer commented 1 month ago

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Hi there, this is something between a feature or a bug.

you need a windows system without admin rights and try to install the windows msi package.

You get to a request which you can't solve because you have to enter admin credentials.

In that case installation is to my knowledge only possible using Miniforge3.

Issue description

I recognized that when I don't have admin rights on the windows system the only option I can install pixi is installing Miniforge3 first.

Because in Miniforge3 installation I can select "Just me" this did not need Administration priviledges.

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After I have Miniforge3 I can just install by conda pixi.

Please could you copy that idea from Miniforge3, so that it can live completly for this case in the user space.

This could be maybe done in the MSI package. Currently the installation over this fails with a request I can't solve.

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Expected behavior

I would like to have a user installation on windows which is as same individuell as package management per user and did not always require an admin for the installation.