# \[Debian Sid\] ioquake3 installed in the /root/ dir and not in the /home/myuser/ dir

**URL:** <https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/debian-sid-ioquake3-installed-in-the-root-dir-and-not-in-the-home-myuser-dir/1077>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/debian-sid-ioquake3-installed-in-the-root-dir-and-not-in-the-home-myuser-dir/1077 "2018-02-20T17:03:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dragodin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@dragodin](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/dragodin)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/debian-sid-ioquake3-installed-in-the-root-dir-and-not-in-the-home-myuser-dir/1077/1 "2018-02-20T17:03:51Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I’m trying to install ioquake3 which is in apt so it installs quite easily:

```
sudo apt install ioquake3

```

the problem is that it installs the base folder in /root/.q3a/ and not in /home/myuser/.q3a/

Am I doing something wrong?

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**Author:** ![zturtleman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/zturtleman/32/718_2.png) [@zturtleman](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/zturtleman)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/debian-sid-ioquake3-installed-in-the-root-dir-and-not-in-the-home-myuser-dir/1077/2 "2018-02-23T00:27:59Z")

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Make sure ioquake3 is running as your user not as root.

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**Author:** ![dragodin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@dragodin](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/dragodin)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/debian-sid-ioquake3-installed-in-the-root-dir-and-not-in-the-home-myuser-dir/1077/3 "2018-03-02T19:33:35Z")

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thanks dude, that was the problem