Support gh cli installation without sudo

Author: arjunsuresh

script/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MLCommons Automation Scripts
 
-*Last updated: 2026-06-05 03:03:14*
+*Last updated: 2026-06-14 16:16:11*
 
 This directory contains automation scripts for MLPerf benchmarks, AI/ML workflows, and development operations.
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ This directory contains automation scripts for MLPerf benchmarks, AI/ML workflow
 - [ROCm automation](#rocm-automation)
 - [Remote automation](#remote-automation)
 - [Reproducibility and artifact evaluation](#reproducibility-and-artifact-evaluation)
+- [SPEC Utils](#spec-utils)
 - [Testing](#testing)
 - [Tests](#tests)
 - [TinyML automation](#tinyml-automation)
@@ -1060,6 +1061,12 @@ This directory contains automation scripts for MLPerf benchmarks, AI/ML workflow
   - get-ipol-src
   - Tags: `get`, `ipol`, `journal`, `src`, `ipol-src`
 
+## SPEC Utils
+
+- **[run-spec-cpu](run-spec-cpu/)**
+  - run-spec-cpu
+  - Tags: `cpu`, `run`, `spec`
+
 ## Testing
 
 - **[validate-mlc-json](validate-mlc-json/)**
@@ -1244,8 +1251,8 @@ This directory contains automation scripts for MLPerf benchmarks, AI/ML workflow
 
 ## Statistics
 
-- **Total Scripts**: 365
-- **Categories**: 34
+- **Total Scripts**: 366
+- **Categories**: 35
 
 ## Usage
 

script/install-github-cli/customize.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from mlc import utils
+from utils import is_true
 import os
+import subprocess
 
 
 def preprocess(i):
@@ -8,7 +10,35 @@ def preprocess(i):
 
     env = i['env']
 
-    env['MLC_TMP_PATH'] = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'install', 'bin')
+    # Support custom install path via MLC_GH_INSTALL_PATH
+    custom_path = env.get('MLC_GH_INSTALL_PATH', '')
+    if custom_path:
+        install_dir = os.path.abspath(custom_path)
+    else:
+        install_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'install')
+
+    bin_dir = os.path.join(install_dir, 'bin')
+
+    env['MLC_TMP_PATH'] = bin_dir
     env['MLC_TMP_FAIL_IF_NOT_FOUND'] = 'yes'
+    env['MLC_GH_INSTALL_DIR'] = install_dir
+
+    sudo = env.get('MLC_SUDO', '')
+
+    # Allow user to explicitly disable sudo via MLC_SUDO=no
+    if sudo == 'no':
+        sudo = ''
+        env['MLC_SUDO'] = ''
+
+    if sudo:
+        # Check if sudo is actually available
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(['sudo', '-n', 'true'], capture_output=True, timeout=5)
+        except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
+            sudo = ''
+            env['MLC_SUDO'] = ''
+
+    if not sudo:
+        env['MLC_GH_INSTALL_WITHOUT_SUDO'] = 'yes'
 
     return {'return': 0}

script/install-github-cli/meta.yaml

@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ tags:
 cache: true
 clean_files: []
 
+# Environment
+default_env:
+  MLC_SUDO: sudo
+
 # Dependencies
 deps:
 - tags: detect,os
+
+# Tests
+tests:
+  run_inputs:
+  - env: {}
+  - env:
+      MLC_SUDO: 'no'
+  - env:
+      MLC_SUDO: 'no'
+      MLC_GH_INSTALL_PATH: /tmp/gh-cli-test

script/install-github-cli/run-nosudo.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Install GitHub CLI without sudo by downloading pre-built binary
+
+INSTALL_DIR="${MLC_GH_INSTALL_DIR:-$(pwd)/install}"
+mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}"
+
+# Detect architecture
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+case "${ARCH}" in
+    x86_64)  GH_ARCH="amd64" ;;
+    aarch64) GH_ARCH="arm64" ;;
+    armv7l)  GH_ARCH="armv6" ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unsupported architecture: ${ARCH}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+OS=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+
+# Get latest version from GitHub API
+GH_VERSION=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/cli/cli/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name"' | sed -E 's/.*"v([^"]+)".*/\1/')
+if [ -z "${GH_VERSION}" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to determine latest gh version"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Downloading gh CLI v${GH_VERSION} for ${OS}_${GH_ARCH}..."
+
+TARBALL="gh_${GH_VERSION}_${OS}_${GH_ARCH}.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_VERSION}/${TARBALL}"
+
+curl -sL "${DOWNLOAD_URL}" -o "${INSTALL_DIR}/${TARBALL}"
+test $? -eq 0 || exit 1
+
+# Extract and place binary
+tar -xzf "${INSTALL_DIR}/${TARBALL}" -C "${INSTALL_DIR}" --strip-components=1
+test $? -eq 0 || exit 1
+
+# Clean up tarball
+rm -f "${INSTALL_DIR}/${TARBALL}"
+
+# Verify
+if [ -x "${INSTALL_DIR}/bin/gh" ]; then
+    echo "gh CLI installed to ${INSTALL_DIR}/bin/gh"
+else
+    echo "Installation failed: gh binary not found"
+    exit 1
+fi

script/install-github-cli/run-rhel.sh

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "${MLC_GH_INSTALL_WITHOUT_SUDO}" == "yes" ]; then
+    bash ${MLC_SOURCE}/run-nosudo.sh
+    exit $?
+fi
+
 sudo dnf install -y 'dnf-command(config-manager)'
 sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo
 sudo dnf install -y gh

script/install-github-cli/run.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "${MLC_GH_INSTALL_WITHOUT_SUDO}" == "yes" ]; then
+    bash ${MLC_SOURCE}/run-nosudo.sh
+    exit $?
+fi
+
 curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
 && sudo chmod go+r /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
 && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null \