Cannot install to another dir on GNU/Linux

[ctrlcctrlv]

Please apply this patch:

From b6a7b5c84b1626fd93a8c2871835a2cd2b242446 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrick Brennan <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 10:12:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Use HOMEBREW_PREFIX from env

---
 install.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 2fa9330..17c26da 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ else
   UNAME_MACHINE="$(uname -m)"
 
   # On Linux, this script installs to /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew only
-  HOMEBREW_PREFIX="/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew"
+  HOMEBREW_PREFIX="${HOMEBREW_PREFIX:-"/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew"}"
   HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY="${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/Homebrew"
   HOMEBREW_CACHE="${HOME}/.cache/Homebrew"
 
-- 
2.40.1

I also suggest you apply:

From 1ba263e6884e0d3a28063a4996ecd10796117839 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fredrick Brennan <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 10:15:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] +$HOMEBREW_SUPPRESS_PATH_WARNING

---
 install.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 17c26da..518d2e8 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ ohai "Downloading and installing Homebrew..."
   execute "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/brew" "update" "--force" "--quiet"
 ) || exit 1
 
-if [[ ":${PATH}:" != *":${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:"* ]]
+if [[ ":${PATH}:" != *":${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin:"* && -z "$HOMEBREW_SUPPRESS_PATH_WARNING" ]]
 then
   warn "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin is not in your PATH.
   Instructions on how to configure your shell for Homebrew
-- 
2.40.1

[MikeMcQuaid]

We intentionally don't support installing to unsupported directories with the official installer, sorry.

[ctrlcctrlv]

That's fine, but I'm still going to make an AUR package.

[ctrlcctrlv]

should i just not distribute your installer and use my hacked up version? if so i can do things like

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 518d2e8..22d1fbd 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -198,37 +198,7 @@ export HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS_MESSAGE_OUTPUT=1
 unset HAVE_SUDO_ACCESS # unset this from the environment
 
 have_sudo_access() {
-  if [[ ! -x "/usr/bin/sudo" ]]
-  then
-    return 1
-  fi
-
-  local -a SUDO=("/usr/bin/sudo")
-  if [[ -n "${SUDO_ASKPASS-}" ]]
-  then
-    SUDO+=("-A")
-  elif [[ -n "${NONINTERACTIVE-}" ]]
-  then
-    SUDO+=("-n")
-  fi
-
-  if [[ -z "${HAVE_SUDO_ACCESS-}" ]]
-  then
-    if [[ -n "${NONINTERACTIVE-}" ]]
-    then
-      "${SUDO[@]}" -l mkdir &>/dev/null
-    else
-      "${SUDO[@]}" -v && "${SUDO[@]}" -l mkdir &>/dev/null
-    fi
-    HAVE_SUDO_ACCESS="$?"
-  fi
-
-  if [[ -n "${HOMEBREW_ON_MACOS-}" ]] && [[ "${HAVE_SUDO_ACCESS}" -ne 0 ]]
-  then
-    abort "Need sudo access on macOS (e.g. the user ${USER} needs to be an Administrator)!"
-  fi
-
-  return "${HAVE_SUDO_ACCESS}"
+  return 1
 }
 
 execute() {

because getting root is not allowed in makepkg PKGBUIDL