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Install a package and its associated or required shared libraries (.so) without sudo access
I needed to install ffmpeg on my company's server without sudo access. Here is how I did it:
Add $HOME/bin and $HOME/usr/bin to my PATH, and $HOME/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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Installing software by ./configure, make, make install
I have access to a computer through SSH, and need to install Davinci Resolve without the root access. I only have access to the command line, and cannot use sudo for installation.
The documentation of ...
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Is it possible to install Clash on the Server without root access?
I asked this question a few years back but it seems like it is not useful for all softwares. I am in the same scenario but with different software.
Is it possible to install Clash on the Server ...
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How do I install a new version of Eclipse on an older Linux as non-root?
I have a non-root account on an older SUSE Linux machine (from around 2012).
Is it possible for me to install a recent version of Eclipse (e.g. from 2019), for myself, on this machine? If it is, what ...
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Can I install a software on a Standard account in fedora without adding to Sudoer file or changing account type to admin?
I am working on Fedora 29 (64bit) and our company has a secure browser software where we provide standardized testing to millions of students across the USA. Right now we are stuck in a situation. ...
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Installing Midnight Commander without root user access
I got a RedHat system access with non-root non-sudo rights account. I want to install Midnight Commander (mc) but yum requires root privileges. How can I install mc to my local home without rebuilding ...
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How to install PySide as a non-root in Linux?
I want to compile a python programm (GetDistGUI.py) in Linux (CentOs) and whenever I type:
chmod a+x GetDistGUI.py
python GetDistGUI.py
I get the following error,
from PySide.QtCore import QRegExp
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How to install fish in a remote server I cannot sudo?
I want to install the fish shell in a remote server I have no sudo privileges at, so that I can use it whenever I ssh.
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Install CGAL-4.11.1 locally without being root
I am trying to install CGAL-4.11.1 on a server locally without root privilege but so far I failed.
tar -xvzf cgal-releases-CGAL-4.11.1.tar.gz
cmake -DCGAL_DIR:/local_path .
make
make install
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Installing "duplicate" on SSH /home/user
I am on a SSH server and want to use a program that is at /usr/local/bin but I don't have permission.
So I copied the program installation files from my system to my user on the server in order to ...
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How to install libtoolize as non-root user
I'm trying to install software and the autoreconf fails because libtoolize is not installed on my system. I don't have root access on this system, but I need to install libtoolize.
How can I install ...
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Installing software without root user access
I am remote user of super computer having CentOS 6.5 I have to install multiple softwares like gcc automake autoconf libtool bison swig python-dev libpulse-dev (Some of them installed but have version ...
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Install libconfig without being root
I need to install libconfig but I do not have access to root to be able to do apt-get install, how could I install it?
PD: github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig
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Is possible install FFMPEG Linux 5.2 without root?
I want install FFMPEG to Linux 5.2 without access root, is possible?
I use a server to host a website. I have access only access to the directory public_html to host the website.
To install FFMPEG is ...
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How to install a software on my linux box when I don't have root access (sudo)?
I have a Debian server which is a "shared server" so I don't have root access but I want to install youtube-dl on it. Is it possible to install it some other way? Like it only accessing current ...
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