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Bug 250978

Summary:	You don't have permission to install plugin Module Build Harness into the installation directory.
Product:	platform	Reporter:	Xypron
Component:	Plugin Manager	Assignee:	Libor Fischmeistr <lfischmeistr>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	FrantaM
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.0
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description Xypron 2015-03-06 17:32:26 UTC

Dear maintainer,

many users of Netbeans do not have administrative rights. This shouldn't stop them from installing plugins.

My expectation is that if a module cannot be upgraded in the installation directory, it should be written to a user directory.

When starting Netbeans should prefer modules in the user directory over the module in the installation directory.

Unfortunately this is not the case. E.g. I got the following error:
You don't have permission to install plugin Module Build Harness into the installation directory.

Best regards

Heinrich

Comment 1 Jiri Kovalsky 2015-03-09 10:12:49 UTC

This belongs to Platform/Plugins Manager not Update Centers. Reassigning.