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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions docs/src/public/configuration.rst
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Expand Up @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ DAML_PACKAGE allows running ``dpm`` commands in a package context wit
DPM_SDK_VERSION allows overriding the SDK version being used. It's a global override that overrides the sdk version specified in any and all daml.yaml(s). It also overrides the SDK version used outside package or multi-package context. It doesn't affect the behavior of the `install` command(s)
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Additionally, DPM (and DPM's installation process) make use of the system's default temp directory.
On Unix systems, it uses ``$TMPDIR`` if non-empty, else ``/tmp``.
On Windows, it uses ``GetTempPath``, returning the first non-empty value from ``%TMP%``, ``%TEMP%``, ``%USERPROFILE%``, or the ``Windows`` directory.

Project Configuration
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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions docs/src/public/manual-install.rst
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Expand Up @@ -54,9 +54,15 @@ Download and unpack the latest dpm sdk version's `archive (.zip) <https://get.di

.. code:: powershell
# Extract the downloaded zip ($ZIP_PATH) to temp directory
$EXTRACTED = Join-Path "$env:TEMP" "extracted"
# Extract the downloaded zip ($ZIP_PATH) to temp directory ($EXTRACTED)
# Avoid using the system's temp directory as the user may not have rights to it
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $EXTRACTED | Out-Null
Expand-Archive -Path $ZIP_PATH -DestinationPath $EXTRACTED
# Optionally, override the TMP and DPM_HOME environment variable to point to directories other than the default,
# as the user might not have rights to the default directories.
# (You might also want to persist these variables as DPM uses them on every invocation)
$env:TMP = "<user-owned temporary directory>"
$env:DPM_HOME = "<user-owned directory>"
& "$EXTRACTED\windows-amd64\bin\dpm.exe" bootstrap $EXTRACTED\windows-amd64