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Issue with directories with spaces during install

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
shell
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Search the installation instructions and build commands for copy paths like the reported Tables command. Check how paths containing spaces are handled, then verify that the relevant installation steps work when the project is located under a directory with spaces. Done means all similar installation commands handle such paths consistently.

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Description

I had an issue with installation failing because a directory in my path had a space in the name. The commands for Tables for example could be modified in anticipation of such a case. instead of cp Tables $(Homel)/AdmixTools it can be expressed as cp Tables "$(HOMEL)"/AdmixTools. There are simular instructions which could benefit from the change.

Dominant language
C
Stars
236
Forks
76
PR merge metrics
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