Install and use keybase as a user without root
- Dominant language
- Go
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Description
Steps to reporoduce:
1. Run the curl script and get the deb file.
2. dpkg to get the files
3. add {base-folder}/usr/bin to path
4. try run_keybase and fail
```
$ run_keybase
Starting via systemd...
Failed to restart keybase.service: Unit keybase.service not found.
```
5. try keybase login and fail
```
keybase login
▶ INFO Starting keybase.service.
Failed to restart keybase.service: Unit keybase.service not found.
▶ ERROR Failed to start keybase.service.
▶ ERROR Error in spawning server process: exit status 5
▶ ERROR exit status 5
```
6. (Optional) Create an issue on the github repo
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the curl, dpkg, PATH, run_keybase, and keybase login steps described in the issue. Investigate how the user-level installation is expected to start keybase.service; done means the client can start and log in without root or a system-wide service installation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- debian, go, linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100