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Missing install location for Linux (docs/website do not mention where binary is placed)

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Description

Installation advice on your website for Linux is not stating where electrum gets installed when doing so with pip.

https://electrum.org/#download

In my case it was ~/.local/bin

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Research direction

Start at the Linux installation advice on the Electrum website download page linked in the issue and review the pip instructions. Update the documentation to state where the binary is installed, including the reported ~/.local/bin location, then verify that the page clearly explains the install result.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
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Newbie friendliness
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