# Rootless install script

**URL:** <https://forum.rclone.org/t/rootless-install-script/51166>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 10, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rootless-install-script/51166 "2025-05-10T18:25:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gturi](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/gturi/32/19853_2.png) [@gturi](https://forum.rclone.org/u/gturi)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rootless-install-script/51166/1 "2025-05-10T18:25:37Z")

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Currently [rclone/docs/content/install.sh](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/68a65e878f63a837e86ff9950926a396e9d0a006/docs/content/install.sh#L15) script requires root privileges to be run. It would be nice to provide the possibility to do a rootless install, by targetting a directory like `$HOME/.local/bin`.

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**Author:** ![Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/animosity022/32/451_2.png) [@Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Animosity022)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rootless-install-script/51166/2 "2025-05-10T18:50:12Z")

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Just download the binary and put it where you want from the downloads page.

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**Author:** ![gturi](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/gturi/32/19853_2.png) [@gturi](https://forum.rclone.org/u/gturi)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rootless-install-script/51166/3 "2025-05-10T20:13:25Z")

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Sure, but is way more impractical. The script automatically detects the correct version to install for your architecture. Moreover, it could do other setup things like installing completion that otherwise you have to do manually

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.rclone.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/39ad3235f6ffec76ccd0c81616bd55697b4c300d.png) [@system](https://forum.rclone.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rootless-install-script/51166/4 "2025-07-09T20:14:16Z")

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Closed on July 9, 2025, 8:14pm UTC

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