# Install issues when not root

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [June 14, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538 "2014-06-14T13:13:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538/7 "2014-06-15T21:47:13Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> can you repro this? If so we should fix the installer.

Yeah there are no provisions for account elevation in launcher, I am pretty sure this would be happening. Fixing is tricky bash voodoo.

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