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| author | Rich Seymour | 2023-06-05 00:06:25 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub | 2023-06-05 00:06:25 +0000 |
| commit | 751da0130322b63c5233904ecd2f7ff1c068c4e7 (patch) | |
| tree | 023dbc76922bfca34a8da0dba5bd89bd91ff6aff | |
| parent | 232d9f96a0d9144457716ec0a9309db2f6924ac8 (diff) | |
Update install.md instructions regarding symlinks (#7231)
* Update install.md
Fixes `ln` command line bug that could hit users moving from packaged to source builds.
* Remove extra 'how to' command example
| -rw-r--r-- | book/src/install.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/book/src/install.md b/book/src/install.md index 8d80712f..7483be29 100644 --- a/book/src/install.md +++ b/book/src/install.md @@ -204,9 +204,11 @@ HELIX_RUNTIME=/home/user-name/src/helix/runtime Or, create a symlink in `~/.config/helix` that links to the source code directory: ```sh -ln -s $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime +ln -Ts $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime ``` +If the above command fails to create a symbolic link because the file exists either move `~/.config/helix/runtime` to a new location or delete it, then run the symlink command above again. + #### Windows Either set the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable to point to the runtime files using the Windows setting (search for |