INSTALL_BASEDIR

The base installation directory

The download must be installed somewhere and installation begins by extracting the downloaded archive. The location of the extraction is the installation base directory. In the online documentation, this directory is referred to by the symbol [INSTALL_BASEDIR].

Where should this be extracted to?

The typical answer, at the moment, is the user home directory.

In Linux, this is best typed

• $HOME

although in most cases, the shorter

• ~

will work.

In Windows use

• %HOMEPATH%

Relation to the Principia home directory

The subdirectory principia of [INSTALL_BASEDIR] is the [PRINCIPIA_HOME].