# Install issues when not root

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [14 Giugno 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538 "2014-06-14T13:13:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [23 Giugno 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538/12 "2014-06-23T04:45:01Z")

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> [@thornburg](#):
>
> Run what under root?

Run launcher as root, that is all.

```plaintext
su
./launcher bootstrap app

```

We handle all the permissions correctly inside the box and since you are already running sudo to execute launcher, well, there is no big diff.

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