Non-standard install location fails

[vjorlikowski]

Hi there...

When one attempts to install chicken-doc into a custom install location, the installation of the chicken-doc binary fails, because it assumes it will always be installed into /usr/bin; as a non-privileged user, then:

vjo@glaucus/pts/24:~ % export CHICKEN_INSTALL_REPOSITORY=~/local_chickendev/eggs/11
vjo@glaucus/pts/24:~ % chicken-install apropos chicken-doc
building apropos
   /usr/bin/csc -host -D compiling-extension -J -s -regenerate-import-libraries -setup-mode -I /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos -C -I/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos -O3 -d1 -strict-types -no-procedure-checks -no-bound-checks -emit-types-file '/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos/symbol-access.types' symbol-access.scm -o /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos/symbol-access.so
   /usr/bin/csc -regenerate-import-libraries -setup-mode -static -I /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos -emit-link-file /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos/symbol-access.link -host -D compiling-extension -c -unit symbol-access -D compiling-static-extension -C -I/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos -O3 -d1 -strict-types -no-procedure-checks -no-bound-checks symbol-access.scm -o /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos/symbol-access.static.o
   /usr/bin/csc -setup-mode -s -host -I /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos -C -I/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos -O3 -d1 -strict-types -no-procedure-checks -no-bound-checks symbol-access.import.scm -o /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/apropos/symbol-access.import.so

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  /usr/bin/csc -regenerate-import-libraries -setup-mode -static -I /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc -emit-link-file /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc/chicken-doc.link -host -D compiling-extension -c -unit chicken-doc -D compiling-static-extension -C -I/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc -O2 -d1 chicken-doc.scm -o /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc/chicken-doc.static.o
   /usr/bin/csc -setup-mode -s -host -I /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc -C -I/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc -O2 -d0 chicken-doc.import.scm -o /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc/chicken-doc.import.so
   /usr/bin/csc -setup-mode -s -host -I /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc -C -I/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc -O2 -d0 chicken-doc-text.import.scm -o /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc/chicken-doc-text.import.so
   /usr/bin/csc -setup-mode -host -I /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc -C -I/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc -O2 -d1 chicken-doc-cmd.scm -o /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc/chicken-doc-cmd
  installing chicken-doc
install: cannot create regular file '/usr/bin/chicken-doc': Permission denied

Error: shell command terminated with nonzero exit code
256
"sh /home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc/chicken-doc.install.sh"

When I look in "chicken-doc.install.sh", I find:

mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}'/home/vjo/local_chickendev/eggs/11'
rm -f ${DESTDIR}'/home/vjo/local_chickendev/eggs/11/chicken-doc.import.so'
install -m 755 '/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc/chicken-doc.import.
so' ${DESTDIR}'/home/vjo/local_chickendev/eggs/11/chicken-doc.import.so'

mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}'/home/vjo/local_chickendev/eggs/11'
rm -f ${DESTDIR}'/home/vjo/local_chickendev/eggs/11/chicken-doc-text.import.so'
install -m 755 '/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc/chicken-doc-text.im
port.so' ${DESTDIR}'/home/vjo/local_chickendev/eggs/11/chicken-doc-text.import.s
o'

mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}'/usr/bin'
rm -f ${DESTDIR}'/usr/bin/chicken-doc'
install -m 755 '/home/vjo/.cache/chicken-install/chicken-doc/chicken-doc-cmd' ${DESTDIR}'/usr/bin/chicken-doc'

Is there any way to have the chicken-doc binary placed in a location that's custom?

[ursetto]

Basically, you need to manipulate a combination of CHICKEN_INSTALL_PREFIX, CHICKEN_INSTALL_REPOSITORY, CHICKEN_REPOSITORY_PATH and PATH.

For example, see https://github.com/ursetto/cenv.