Fix install dir and gunicorn working directory location

Author: pavish

bin/mathesar

@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ run_mathesar() {
   fi
 
   info "Starting gunicorn webserver..."
-  exec "$gunicorn_bin" $gunicorn_opts
+  pushd "${BASE_DIR}" > /dev/null
+    exec "$gunicorn_bin" $gunicorn_opts
+  popd > /dev/null
 }
 
 

docs/docs/administration/install-from-scratch.md

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
    <input data-input-for="MATHESAR_INSTALL_DIR" aria-label="Your Mathesar installation directory"/>
 1. Create and chown it if it doesn’t exist:
 ```bash
-sudo mkdir -p "xMATHESAR_INSTALL_DIRx"
-sudo chown "$(id -u):$(id -g)" "xMATHESAR_INSTALL_DIRx"
+mkdir -p "xMATHESAR_INSTALL_DIRx"
+chown "$(id -u):$(id -g)" "xMATHESAR_INSTALL_DIRx"
 ```
 1. Move inside the installation directory.
 ```bash
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ cd "xMATHESAR_INSTALL_DIRx"
 
 1. Download and make the script executable:
 ```bash
-curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar/{{mathesar_version}}/install.sh -o install.sh
+curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar/{{mathesar_version}}/scripts/install.sh -o install.sh
 chmod +x install.sh
 ```
 1. Run it, **pointing at the Postgres DB you created**:

scripts/install.sh

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ PACKAGE_LOCATION="https://github.com/mathesar-foundation/mathesar/releases/downl
 
 # This is called before installation
 set_install_dir() {
-  INSTALL_DIR="$1"
+  INSTALL_DIR="$(cd -P "$1" && pwd)"
 
   UV_DIR="${INSTALL_DIR}"/uv
   PACKAGE_DIR="${INSTALL_DIR}"/packages