Why did Vivaldi-snapshot got installed in ~/.local/share?

[chdsl]

I have a strange situation. Viavldi folder is not in /opt, not in /usr/local/share, but in ~/.local/share. How did that get installed there?

I found this by chance, after installing the 2.9.1675.11 snapshot. It always opened the one (2.8.1664.32-1)in ~/.local/share, as what's in there has the priority. I purged all Vivaldi snapshots, but it still ran, so went for a search and found the 2.8.1664.32-1 snapshot in ~/.local/share. The 2.9.1675.11 snapshot got installed in /opt, but couldn't run, until there's one in ~/.local/share. How did that happen?

Edit: Today in the morning, there's no vivaldi-snapshot icon in the menu.

[chdsl]

@Gwen-Dragon Ubuntu 19.04 with Unity.
Installed it the same way, through the Software, the standard way. To get the newer snapshot working, I had to rename the old one. Didn't delete it yet. This thread is to inform of the matter. Nothing Vivaldi can do about it, I believe.

I'd delete that folder, and purge Vivaldi completely including configs from the distro, reboot and reinstall it. Most probably, everything would come back to normal. Everything is synced, so no prob.

[A Former User]

@chdsl I think it happened because you used the install script without root privileges. You wrote that you used it some snapshots ago.

[chdsl]

@potmeklecbohdan said in Why did Vivaldi-snapshot got installed in ~/.local/share?:

@chdsl I think it happened because you used the install script without root privileges. You wrote that you used it some snapshots ago.

I used the script to install Vivaldi on Arch Linux, as that's the only way. But, I don't think the script allows you to install without root privileges.

EDIT: I believe, you are right! I must've tried it that way. Reinstalled Vivaldi snapshot without root privileges and it installed Vivaldi to ~/.local/share.
Thanks.@potmeklecbohdan
One always learns!

@Gwen-Dragon
Please mark this thread resolved. Thanks!

[A Former User]

@chdsl said in Why did Vivaldi-snapshot got installed in ~/.local/share?:

Reinstalled Vivaldi snapshot without root privileges and it installed Vivaldi to ~/.local/share.

No. Uninstall the per-user one (installed with the script) and use the package manager.

[chdsl]

@potmeklecbohdan said in Why did Vivaldi-snapshot got installed in ~/.local/share?:

@chdsl said in Why did Vivaldi-snapshot got installed in ~/.local/share?:

Reinstalled Vivaldi snapshot without root privileges and it installed Vivaldi to ~/.local/share.

No. Uninstall the per-user one (installed with the script) and use the package manager.

Of course, I'll do that. Thanks!

[chdsl]

@Gwen-Dragon said in Why did Vivaldi-snapshot got installed in ~/.local/share?:

@chdsl Oh, i was right, you had used a installer script and installed 'For user only' instead 'For All' as root.

I will tag the thread as Resolved and Not a bug.

We never stop learning. Hope others would be helped by my mistake.

[chdsl]

@Gwen-Dragon said in Why did Vivaldi-snapshot got installed in ~/.local/share?:

@chdsl Yes, your experience shows other users the traps while using unofficial install scripts

But, it is the script. All it does is, put relevant folders in relevant places, the same as the the Software does. They say, Linux is all about files.

[A Former User]

@Gwen-Dragon said:

Any source, to see what is does?

Any snapshot blog post “Linux: non-DEB/RPM”

[chdsl]

@Gwen-Dragon said in Why did Vivaldi-snapshot got installed in ~/.local/share?:

@chdsl said in Why did Vivaldi-snapshot got installed in ~/.local/share?:

it is the script

Any source, to see what is does?

I was talking about the install-vivaldi.sh script.

[chdsl]

@Gwen-Dragon Yes

The script as root installs everything including the icons folder to /usr/local/share, but the Software installs the vivaldi-snapshot folder to /opt and icons to hicolor, which the vivaldi-snapshot desktop file doesn't see the vivaldi-snapshot icon as user, but sees only as root. So, cannot be shown on the menu.