Installer should allow installation of macport in custom locations - for users without admin access

[Bill Georgitzikis]

On Jul 29, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Scott Webster wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Scott Haneda <talklists at newgeo.com> wrote:
>> Back to MacPorts.  Simple install, defaults to /opt/local.  Well thought out, just like copy and paste was.  /opt/local sets the foundation for MacPorts moving forward.  Advanced users who need something beyond a true "one click install", which is as simple as I can see things getting, will have to know how to build from source.
>> 
> 
> Yeah.  I agree.  Even if someone bothered to implement choosing your
> prefix in the installer then you would have a bunch of people deciding
> to change it at random to something else, and then being all confused
> later when trying to follow instructions which mention /opt/local.
> Building from source is really quite easy, I mean, you just follow the
> instructions and type a few commands, so it seems a minimal hurdle to
> overcome if you want to change the prefix.
> 
> I guess Mark is presumably thinking of a situation where someone just
> doesn't have the permissions to install in /opt/local so it isn't just
> a willy-nilly desire to put it somewhere else, but still it seems that
> compiling from source is not all that hard.
> 
> Shrug.
> 
> Another Scott
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I would suggest 2 radio buttons, one for local installation, and one for superuser(admin) installation.
This makes it easy to distinguish where the user installed macports when helping someone with a problem,
and I see it as a good compromise. 

Vasilis