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Sudo missing from install instructions #10

Closed lukestanley closed 11 years ago

lukestanley commented 11 years ago

Installing things to /usr/ almost always requires sudo privileges for most people trying to compile this.

yuguang commented 11 years ago

This is common knowledge for anyone using the Linux command line.

On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 5:46 AM, lukestanley notifications@github.comwrote:

Installing things to /usr/ almost always requires sudo privileges for most people trying to compile this.

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lukestanley commented 11 years ago

Sure but some of the things need sudo and some don't. It can be problematic to use sudo for things that don't. So why not take guessing out the loop and state it explicitly rather than people retyping it each time?

yuguang commented 11 years ago

This only applies under certain circumstances and won't benefit the majority of people.

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:53 AM, lukestanley notifications@github.comwrote:

Sure but some of the things need sudo and some don't. It can be problematic to use sudo for things that don't. So why not take guessing out the loop and state it explicitly rather than people retyping it each time?

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lukestanley commented 11 years ago

Really? Based on what stats btw?

lukestanley commented 11 years ago

http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity if it is representative shows the top downloads are systems that do need sudo first. But hey, not to be zealous - just a section for Debian / Ubuntu / Mint users could be good. :)

yuguang commented 11 years ago

I added a "CoffeeScript Setup on Ubuntu" section. For the general installation, I will add notes for Linux if it doesn't work on my machine. I use a distro that doesn't require sudo.

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:31 AM, lukestanley notifications@github.comwrote:

http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity if it is representative shows the top downloads are systems that do need sudo first. But hey, not to be zealous - just a section for Debian / Ubuntu / Mint users could be good. :)

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