cannot install tfswitch as normal user,

[warrensbox]

cannot install tfswitch as normal user,

[Xat59]

To install tfswitch as unprivileged user, use the -b option of the install.sh script. It defines the path directory of the tfswitch binary :

$ wget raw.githubusercontent.com/warrensbox/terraform-switcher/release/install.sh
$ bash install.sh -b ~/.local/bin
warrensbox/terraform-switcher info checking GitHub for latest tag
warrensbox/terraform-switcher info found version: 0.10.1010 for 0.10.1010/linux/amd64
warrensbox/terraform-switcher info installed /home/xat/.local/bin/tfswitch

Then, I am able to tfswitch, but there I need to use -b to define the complete location of the terraform symlink for the binary :

~/.local/bin/tfswitch -b ~/.local/bin/terraform 
2021/03/05 10:38:38 Creating directory for terraform: /home/xat/.terraform.versions/
✔ 0.14.7
Downloading https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.14.7/terraform_0.14.7_linux_amd64.zip to terraform_0.14.7_linux_amd64.zip
Downloading ...
33783879 bytes downloaded.
Switched terraform to version "0.14.7" 

Hope this help

[beanaroo]

You can. Helpful instructions are provided on the Troubleshooting page.

I'm a bit disappointed this is not the default behaviour. pyenv, nvm all operate within the user directory. They also allow you to work on different versions on multiple projects at the same time.

tfswitch appears to modify the global context.