Ardour won't install where I tell it to

[eugenia (Eugenia L)]

I just downloaded the .run installer for the latest version on linux. I give it a --target /my/home/folder/ during installation, but it keeps insisting on wanting to install on /opt and it’s asking for my password. I just want it to install it on my home folder, there’s an option for that, but it won’t take it into account. In fact, it takes in the argument just fine, because it says “Creating folder /my/home/folder/”, but then it immediately says “it will install on /opt” and asks for the pass.

[x42 (Robin Gareus)]

@eugenia

-target /my/home/folder/ during installation,

This is the location where the installer is extracted to (useful if the default /tmp has insufficient space). It is not the install location.

You have two options…

1. set environment variable INSTALL_DEST_BASE

INSTALL_DEST_BASE=/my/home/folder/ ~/Downloads/Ardour-8.12.0-x86_64.run

or
2) manually extract and deploy it

~/Downloads/Ardour-8.12.0-x86_64.run --noexec --target=/tmp/ainstall
cd /tmp/ainstall/
ls

[eugenia (Eugenia L)]

I see, thanks! I got it installed.