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Installing in $HOME should not be the default advice
We ourselves install most of the time in /opt, and asking people to open their homefolder can yield other problems. Left the mention of prefix so people are aware they can pick another location to keep the documentation clear.
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doc/manual/install-domserver.rst

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After installing the required software as described above, run configure.
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In this example to install DOMjudge in the directory ``domjudge`` under
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your home directory::
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`/opt`::
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./configure --prefix=$HOME/domjudge
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./configure --prefix=/opt/domjudge
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make domserver
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sudo make install-domserver
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doc/manual/install-judgehost.rst

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for instructions to build from git sources.
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After installing the software listed above, run configure. In this
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example to install DOMjudge in the directory ``domjudge`` under your
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home directory::
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example to install DOMjudge in the directory ``domjudge`` under `/opt`::
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./configure --prefix=$HOME/domjudge
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./configure --prefix=/opt/domjudge
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make judgehost
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sudo make install-judgehost
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