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On Sun, 27 Dec 2020, Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> Most people probably build the package as root

I'd recommend against this.

> First, I build in my user account, which I do use for gEDA projects and 
> it does have the ~/.gEDA/gafrc file. Then, when I am satisfied that that 
> build stage is safe and correct, I go to stage 2, where, as root, I 
> build the final package and install it.

If this is your personal machine, you don't really gain anything by 
installing packages as root and risk having your system compromised in 
case anything goes wrong.

I usually install packages either to a package-specific directory (e.g., 
~/geda) or to a user-local directory (e.g., ~/.local) and adjust the PATH 
and PYTHONPATH environment variables accordingly.

Roland