Change location of .cache/ChimeraX ?

Hello ChimeraX Devs/Users, Is there a way to specify the location of the .cache/ChimeraX directory? As far as I can tell it is always $HOME/.cache/ChimeraX (on Linux machines). I see no options or configs to change this. We are installing ChimeraX on a multiuser system and would like to add a plugin/ bundle to be available for all users ( ChimeraX_ScipionExtensions 1.3). Perhaps I missed this in the documentation, but is there a standard way to add plugins so that they are available for all users? Thanks, Jim

Hi Jim, I’m not aware of a way to change the location of that directory. However, in our build system, we install bundles inside ChimeraX with ‘devel install user false’ — you could try that. — Zach
On 21 Mar 2025, at 03:28, James Vincent via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Hello ChimeraX Devs/Users, Is there a way to specify the location of the .cache/ChimeraX directory? As far as I can tell it is always $HOME/.cache/ChimeraX (on Linux machines). I see no options or configs to change this. We are installing ChimeraX on a multiuser system and would like to add a plugin/ bundle to be available for all users ( ChimeraX_ScipionExtensions 1.3). Perhaps I missed this in the documentation, but is there a standard way to add plugins so that they are available for all users? Thanks, Jim _______________________________________________ ChimeraX-users mailing list -- chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu To unsubscribe send an email to chimerax-users-leave@cgl.ucsf.edu Archives: https://mail.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/archives/list/chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu/
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James Vincent
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