Thread: Calibre binary install on Ubuntu 12.04 without root rights
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Old 07-21-2012, 09:42 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Daniel_09 View Post
That's interesting. I wanted to install Calibre into "/opt/Calibre". However, the installer wrote all files into my home folder.

It seems that the installer takes the home directory if it has no root access.


Edit: Oh, I just saw that the command on the Calibre page is with sudo.
I had assumed you don't have root rights even WITH sudo, which was why you asked the question.
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