Change tipi installation location with TIPI_HOME_DIR doesn't work about cli HOT 4 CLOSED

Hi @Bjoe,

Thanks for the info, we should have removed the information about the TIPI_HOME_DIR from the documentation, to allow and enable caching without restricting it to relocateable packages only ( which would otherwise require rewriting files path on extraction ) we don't support specifiying another installation location anymore.

The doc states it's no more possible in current version https://tipi.build/documentation/README#tipi-installation-location--former-tipi_home_dir-

Where did you find out about TIPI_HOME_DIR ?

It however is possible to use filesystem mountpoints to another disk location to support cases where you don't have enough space on your main hard disk.

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Hi @daminetreg,

Thanks for the info, we should have removed the information about the TIPI_HOME_DIR from the documentation, to allow and enable caching without restricting it to relocateable packages only ( which would otherwise require rewriting files path on extraction ) we don't support specifiying another installation location anymore.

The doc states it's no more possible in current version https://tipi.build/documentation/README#tipi-installation-location--former-tipi_home_dir-

Where did you find out about TIPI_HOME_DIR ?

Sorry, I mixed it up or didn't read proper and missed the word -> former TIPI_HOME_DIR <- ;-)
But I'm also confused about following in the Building in the tipi.build cloud doc:

...
Will provision an environment as described in ~/.tipi/<distro>/environments/linux.pkr.js
...

See https://tipi.build/documentation/00-environments#building-in-the-tipibuild-cloud

It should be on my "local" or on the "remote" machine?

It however is possible to use filesystem mountpoints to another disk location to support cases where you don't have enough space on your main hard disk.

Hm, but when I already mount my "big hard drive" to /home, it's possible to symlink from /usr/local/share/.tipi -> ~/.local/share/tipi ?

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Hey @Bjoe,

Sorry for the delay replying here.

It should be on my "local" or on the "remote" machine?
These are files that are local on your machine and that describes the tipi-build/environments that will get deployed remotely.

Hm, but when I already mount my "big hard drive" to /home, it's possible to symlink from /usr/local/share/.tipi -> ~/.local/share/tipi ?

The symlink doesn't work, it has to be a real folder at that path, this is the way we guarante fixed path to enable using cache entries even in non-virtualized environments.

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Ok thanks for the clarification

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