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==Where to install all packages?== | ==Where to install all packages?== | ||
* All the Cumulus packages, should be put into a sub-folder called “CumulusMX” (note where capital letters must be used). | * All the Cumulus packages, should be put into a sub-folder called “CumulusMX” (note where capital letters must be used). | ||
** You can create that folder as you unzip a MX release, or you can type <code>sudo mkdir EXISTING PATH/CumulusMX</code> first (note that EXISTING PATH is explained above and always starts with a slash “/”). | ** You can create that folder as you unzip a MX release, or you can type <code>sudo mkdir EXISTING PATH/CumulusMX</code> first (note that EXISTING PATH is explained above and always starts with a slash “/”). | ||
** | * For simplicity on this page EXISTING PATH is used to represent any location in the Linux file structure where you decide to install Cumulus: | ||
*Many with a Raspberry Pi add an external drive to reduce wear on the internal micro-SD card, and | *# Some people install it into ‘’’/home/pi/’’’, the default folder for the default user (Pi), because then the default user has full permissions automatically | ||
**This is | *# Mark suggests you install into ‘’’/opt/’’’ which is where other additional software is often installed. By default, the code for installing Cumulus as a service, will run that service as a root user, so it does not care where the software is installed | ||
*#* If you do install it outside your home folder, you might want to change the ownership of the "CumulusMX" sub-folder, to the default user (Pi), if so type <code>sudo chown -R pi: EXISTING PATH/CumulusMX</code> so you no longer need "sudo" to access the files (if you are running MX as a service, you also need to edit the user in the script provided to create the service, so MX does not create files with root ownership) | |||
* Many with a Raspberry Pi add an external drive to reduce wear on the internal micro-SD card, and keep their Cumulus files away from the drive that holds the operating system. | |||
** This page is not going to get technical by telling you how to create, or mount, Linux partitions on your external drive, if it was not bought from a Raspberry Pi reseller. | |||
==Alternative download link for older MX releases== | ==Alternative download link for older MX releases== |
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