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| author | axel simon <github@axelsimon.net> | 2020-03-10 09:01:17 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-03-10 10:01:17 +0100 |
| commit | fe642f880721f4a5ed98c7a5cd43a103ebcb0700 (patch) | |
| tree | 5ea34f4de60d9cdcea7cd2afef6f8cee8669b21b /README.md | |
| parent | bf492a843e321c0afe308275da80a8e13434ef08 (diff) | |
docs(readme): correct/improve a few typos (#151)
* Correct/improve a few typos
* Add suggestion to use sudo -E
sudo -E inherits current users environment variables
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ 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_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search,cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+ep `which bandwhich`` +- Give the executable elevated permissions: ``sudo setcap cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search,cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+ep $(which bandwhich)`` - Run `sudo ~/.cargo/bin/bandwhich` instead of just `bandwhich` - Create a symlink: `sudo ln -s ~/.cargo/bin/bandwhich /usr/local/bin/` (or another path on root's PATH) -- Set root's PATH to match your own `sudo env "PATH=$PATH" bandwhich` +- Set root's PATH to match your own: `sudo env "PATH=$PATH" bandwhich` +- Tell sudo to use your user's environment variables: `sudo -E bandwhich` - Pass the desired target directory to cargo: `sudo cargo install bandwhich --root /usr/local/bin/` #### Download a prebuilt binary |