To be clear: "/opt/Racket/Racket 8.1" is the system racket which the unprivileged user cannot write. "/opt/Racket/Packages/8.1" is a unprivileged-writable directory intended for use as a package destination.
Nate > On May 20, 2021, at 3:55 AM, Nathaniel W Griswold <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Oh, and i'll just duplicate the issue here for Matthew / the Racket side > since it could just be racket related: > > The errors i ran into are when using a custom PLTCONFIGDIR with this > config.rktd: > > --- > #hash((build-stamp . "") > (catalogs > . > ("https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.1/catalog/"; #f)) > (default-scope . "installation") > (doc-dir . "/opt/Racket/Packages/8.1/doc") > (doc-search-dirs . (#f "/opt/Racket/Racket 8.1/doc")) > (doc-search-url > . > > "https://download.racket-lang.org/releases/8.1/doc/local-redirect/index.html";) > (links-file . "/opt/Racket/Packages/8.1/links.rktd") > (links-search-files . (#f "/opt/Racket/Racket 8.1/share/links.rktd")) > (pkgs-dir . "/opt/Racket/Packages/8.1/pkgs") > (pkgs-search-dirs . (#f "/opt/Racket/Racket 8.1/share/pkgs"))) > --- > > The files that `raco pkg install` as an unprivileged user ends up trying to > delete are: > > open-output-file: error deleting file > path: /opt/Racket/Racket 8.1/share/shares.rktd > system error: Permission denied; errno=13 > > open-output-file: error deleting file > path: /opt/Racket/Racket 8.1/lib/launchers.rktd > system error: Permission denied; errno=13 > > > Is this expected behavior? > > Nate > > >> On May 20, 2021, at 3:48 AM, Nathaniel W Griswold <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Sam, >> >> Yes, the tool and PLTCONFIGDIR help me better control things. I think the >> tool is helpful. I ran into a problem with racket trying to delete files and >> posted it on github at https://github.com/samdphillips/raco-pkg-env/issues/3 >> >> I don't think it's really a raco-pkg-env issue, though, i guess it wouldbe >> more of a racket issue if it is a problem and not a mistake on my part. >> >> Nate >> >>> On May 18, 2021, at 12:06 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> You might also be interested in the new `raco-pkg-env` tool: >>> https://github.com/samdphillips/raco-pkg-env/ >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 12:20 PM Matthew Flatt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes, this approach can work. I don't think the existing Racket tools >>>> will help much with persisting a configuration across versions, though, >>>> so you'd probably have to script that. >>>> >>>> One potential drawback of your approach is that executables, >>>> documentation, etc., associated with the extra package will get >>>> rendered into the main installation area instead of the "/opt/Racket" >>>> are. That may be fine for your purposes, but a more strictly layered >>>> installation is meant to be possible. It turns out that some pieces >>>> have been missing for layering, and fixing that is an area of current >>>> work (https://github.com/racket/racket/commit/dfbb7040a). >>>> >>>> At Sun, 16 May 2021 23:43:52 -0500, Nathaniel W Griswold wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I was setting up Racket on my linux box and i realized that there are a >>>>> lot of >>>>> options for path configuration and i forgot a lot of what i discovered >>>>> last >>>>> time i dug into this. I was trying to set up installation scope but maybe >>>>> a >>>>> little cleanly and figured someone might have some input. >>>>> >>>>> I want a package at roughly installation scope, but i kinda wanted to >>>>> know what >>>>> was added by me and what was part of the default installation. Is this >>>>> reasonable or should i just deal with it and dump stuff in >>>>> $RACKET/share/pkgs? >>>>> If it is reasonable then what is the best way to set this up? >>>>> >>>>> Just FYI I did an in-place install of Racket in "/opt/Racket/Racket\ 8.1" >>>>> symlinked to /opt/Racket... >>>>> >>>>> I think maybe what i want is to set to something like >>>>> >>>>> (in /opt/Racket/etc/config.rktd) >>>>> >>>>> #hash(... (pkgs-search-dirs . "/opt/Racket 8.1/share/pkgs-system" #f) >>>>> (links-search-files . ("/opt/Racket/share/pkgs-system/links.rktd" #f)) >>>>> ...) >>>>> >>>>> Then i just did a `sudo /opt/Racket/bin/raco pkg install --scope-dir >>>>> /opt/Racket/share/pkgs-system rash` >>>>> >>>>> ... and the new package seems to be working fine for my users. >>>>> >>>>> Is that what i wanted or is there something better? Is there a way to >>>>> configure >>>>> config.rktd additions that will persist across upgrades or will i have to >>>>> update my config.rktd for every racket release? Do other people do this >>>>> kind of >>>>> thing or just dump stuff in the installation scope? Maybe there are more >>>>> options with a unix-style install, i haven't really tried one yet. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Nate >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Racket Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/20210518102000.1b1%40sirmail.smtps.cs.utah.edu. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Racket Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAK%3DHD%2Ba2G41L5C3v1wPjackfsn0VwtRZEWO7XiW9POS7mWa85Q%40mail.gmail.com. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/743645C7-A08D-4F73-B974-74416C975E75%40manicmind.earth. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/189D0501-41E6-45CC-9473-49EED71B8B1D%40manicmind.earth. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. 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