quarto-dev / quarto-dev/quarto-cli
Macos pkg default installation location should be `~/Applications/quarto` instead of `/Applications/quarto`
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Description
Bug description
When installing the quarto pkg file for MacOS, the current default installation requires root. Is there a reason this was chosen as the default?
I'd like to propose changing it such that it installs just for one user by default. Users can opt-in to choosing to install it for all users (i.e. with root) if they'd like.
Checklist
- Please include a minimal, fully reproducible example in a single .qmd file? Please provide the whole file rather than the snippet you believe is causing the issue.
- Please format your issue so it is easier for us to read the bug report.
- Please document the RStudio IDE version you're running (if applicable), by providing the value displayed in the "About RStudio" main menu dialog?
- Please document the operating system you're running. If on Linux, please provide the specific distribution.
- Please provide the output of
quarto checkso we know which version of quarto and its dependencies you're running.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Inspect the macOS .pkg packaging configuration that sets the default installation path. Compare user-scoped installation under ~/Applications/quarto with the existing /Applications/quarto behavior, then verify that the default no longer requires root while an all-users option remains available.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- release
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100