Add option to change directory for binaries (Linux)

[niklasholm]

Whether you install system-wide or user-locally, having the binary directory paths hard-coded to /usr/local/bin and ~/bin respectively is very inconvenient for advanced users who like to keep stuff separate for various reason. For example, having a dedicated bindir for miktex binaries would make coexistence with other latex distributions much easier. Please add an option to miktexsetup and whatever else needs changing so that we can install the binaries wherever we want to.

[arrowd]

I almost finished a port for FreeBSD and I also need this feature.

[edocevoli]

My plan is to implement this feature in the near future.

[edocevoli]

Thank you. This has been fixed now. You can change the location of the link target directory in MiKTeX Console or by executing initexmf:

System-wide:

initexmf --set-config-value=[Core]CommonLinkTargetDirectory=/path/to/bin/directory

Private install:

initexmf --set-config-value=[Core]UserLinkTargetDirectory=/path/to/bin/directory

[mistune]

Hello @edocevoli , how do we go about doing this during installation?