47a99e3 feat(installer): add default install directory with existing install detection
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Description
Default to /opt/pangolin for new installations
Check current directory and /opt/pangolin for existing installs
Prompt to use existing install if found at default location
Offer to change directory ownership when running via sudo
Create installation directory if it doesn't exist
How to test?
Currently the installer generates files relative to where the installer is ran, ultimately this creates:
User confusion on where the files ended up
Documentation struggles since there is no "default directory" for user to follow if they want to make changes
User might generate in a folder and ask "How do I move this?"
Might cause user to accidentally place in a folder that has broad permissions and causes information exposure.
The intended direction of this PR is to standardize the output location so moving forward users can get a sense of where files will be generator and create a standard of where we would like them to be placed.
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## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin/pull/2646
**Author:** [@LaurenceJJones](https://github.com/LaurenceJJones)
**Created:** 3/13/2026
**Status:** ✅ Merged
**Merged:** 3/30/2026
**Merged by:** [@oschwartz10612](https://github.com/oschwartz10612)
**Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `feature/installer-default-dir`
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### 📝 Commits (1)
- [`47a99e3`](https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin/commit/47a99e35ee2ecd82fb1ab2da655d36fd3301715a) feat(installer): add default install directory with existing install detection
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### 📄 Description
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## Community Contribution License Agreement
By creating this pull request, I grant the project maintainers an unlimited,
perpetual license to use, modify, and redistribute these contributions under any terms they
choose, including both the AGPLv3 and the Fossorial Commercial license terms. I
represent that I have the right to grant this license for all contributed content.
## Description
- Default to /opt/pangolin for new installations
- Check current directory and /opt/pangolin for existing installs
- Prompt to use existing install if found at default location
- Offer to change directory ownership when running via sudo
- Create installation directory if it doesn't exist
## How to test?
Currently the installer generates files relative to where the installer is ran, ultimately this creates:
- User confusion on where the files ended up
- Documentation struggles since there is no "default directory" for user to follow if they want to make changes
- User might generate in a folder and ask "How do I move this?"
- Might cause user to accidentally place in a folder that has broad permissions and causes information exposure.
The intended direction of this PR is to standardize the output location so moving forward users can get a sense of where files will be generator and create a standard of where we would like them to be placed.
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin/pull/2646
Author: @LaurenceJJones
Created: 3/13/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 3/30/2026
Merged by: @oschwartz10612
Base:
dev← Head:feature/installer-default-dir📝 Commits (1)
47a99e3feat(installer): add default install directory with existing install detection📊 Changes
1 file changed (+119 additions, -0 deletions)
View changed files
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install/main.go(+119 -0)📄 Description
…detection
Community Contribution License Agreement
By creating this pull request, I grant the project maintainers an unlimited,
perpetual license to use, modify, and redistribute these contributions under any terms they
choose, including both the AGPLv3 and the Fossorial Commercial license terms. I
represent that I have the right to grant this license for all contributed content.
Description
How to test?
Currently the installer generates files relative to where the installer is ran, ultimately this creates:
The intended direction of this PR is to standardize the output location so moving forward users can get a sense of where files will be generator and create a standard of where we would like them to be placed.
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.