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Old 09-25-2009, 02:02 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
The installer says in plain English

Choose the *installation directory* for calibre

and it also warns you that the directory you choose will be deleted.

Not only that it provides you with the sensible default choice of /opt/calibre
Perhaps it should ask again (in big friendly letters) before actually deleting a directory. An it would be great if it could check that everything it is going to delete belongs to a previous calibre installation, and warn otherwise.

This is an example of where the original Murphy's Law is applicable: If something can be done in a wrong way, someone will do it. The moral is you should make it impossible to do it the wrong way. (This is a generic "you" not "you"=Kovid).
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