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Fix Starship install failure: install to ~/.local/bin to avoid root escalation #1

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion setup_ubuntu.sh
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Expand Up @@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ echo "── 3/8 Starship (prompt) ──────────────
if command -v starship &>/dev/null; then
echo "✓ Already installed ($(starship --version 2>&1 | head -1))"
else
curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh -s -- --yes
# Install to ~/.local/bin (already on PATH) so the upstream installer does
# not escalate to root for /usr/local/bin -- the root-context download was
# failing (sudo strips proxy env vars; curl --fail then sees an HTTP error).
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh -s -- --yes --bin-dir "$HOME/.local/bin"
echo "✓ Starship installed"
fi

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