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| author | Loy <LoyVanBeek@users.noreply.github.com> | 2020-01-02 08:33:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Aram Drevekenin <aram@poor.dev> | 2020-01-02 08:33:20 +0100 |
| commit | 43618d32aaf8058f46db7c2cac8cc771e3368ce1 (patch) | |
| tree | e91b478cf7d1e1d7f2d56b5dba1deac4fc214f6f /README.md | |
| parent | 9d93d34d5ab365ec1c07d6ec197cb12c4b8105f3 (diff) | |
Extend installation steps with sudo-able paths (#42)
* Extend installation steps with sudo-able paths
Fixes https://github.com/imsnif/what/issues/30
* Change name to 'bandwhich'
* Add setcap option for installation
* Fix typo and make path uniform with other options
Co-Authored-By: Oleksii Filonenko <brightone@protonmail.com>
* docs(readme): rework sections
Co-authored-by: Oleksii Filonenko <brightone@protonmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Aram Drevekenin <aram@poor.dev>
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -21,9 +21,18 @@ yay -S bandwhich cargo install bandwhich ``` +This installs `bandwhich` to `~/.cargo/bin/bandwhich` but you need root priviliges to run `bandwhich`. To fix that, there are a few options: +- Give the executable elevated permissions: `sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin=+ep ~/.cargo/bin/bandwhich` +- Run `sudo ~/.cargo/bin/bandwhich` instead of just `bandwhich` +- Create a symlink: `sudo ln -s ~/.cargo/bin/bandwhich /usr/local/bin/` (or another path on root's PATH) +- Set root's PATH to match your own `sudo env "PATH=$PATH" bandwhich` +- Pass the desired target directory to cargo: `sudo cargo install bandwhich --root /usr/local/bin/` + +#### Download a prebuilt binary If you're on linux, you could also get the generic binary from the releases. -Windows is not supported at the moment - if you'd like to contribute a windows port, it would be very much welcome. +#### Windows +Unfortunately, windows is not supported at the moment - if you'd like to contribute a windows port, it would be very much welcome. ### Usage ``` |