/usr/local/bin is owned by root by default, so the user cannot symlink anything to it.

It seems that this issue has been addressed in R (I don't use R) but is still present with the shell scripts.

Would it be possible to change the install script so as to let the user choose between an
install to /urs/local/bin and a local install without running sudo?

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