Install at the user level

README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ cp ground-control.sample.cfg ground-control.cfg
 
 ## Installation
 ```
-sudo ./install
+./install
+sudo loginctl enable-linger <user>
 ```
 
 ## Output

ground-control.service

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Ground Control
-After=multi.user.target
+After=network.online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ WorkingDirectory=$workingDirectory
 ExecStart=$execStart
 Restart=on-failure
 SyslogIdentifier=ground-control
-User=$user
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
+WantedBy=default.target

install

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ from subprocess import check_output
 
 EXEC       = 'ground-control.py'
 SERVICE    = 'ground-control.service'
-SYSTEM_DIR = '/etc/systemd/system'
+SYSTEM_DIR = '~/.config/systemd/user'
 
 CURRENT_DIR      = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 SERVICE_TEMPLATE = os.path.join(CURRENT_DIR, SERVICE)
-SERVICE_FILE     = os.path.join(SYSTEM_DIR, SERVICE)
+SERVICE_FILE     = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser(SYSTEM_DIR), SERVICE)
 PYTHON           = sys.executable
 EXEC_START       = f'{PYTHON} {EXEC}'
 USER             = check_output(['logname']).decode('utf-8').strip()
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ with open(SERVICE_TEMPLATE) as f:
 
 serviceFile = serviceTemplate.substitute(
     workingDirectory=CURRENT_DIR,
-    execStart=EXEC_START,
-    user=USER
+    execStart=EXEC_START
 )
 
+os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(SERVICE_FILE), exist_ok=True)
+
 with open(SERVICE_FILE, 'w') as f:
     f.write(serviceFile)
 
-check_call(['systemctl', 'daemon-reload'])
-check_call(['systemctl', 'enable', '--no-pager', SERVICE])
-check_call(['systemctl', 'restart', '--no-pager', SERVICE])
-check_call(['systemctl', 'status', '--no-pager', SERVICE])
+check_call(['systemctl', '--user', 'daemon-reload'])
+check_call(['systemctl', '--user', 'enable', '--no-pager', SERVICE])
+check_call(['systemctl', '--user', 'restart', '--no-pager', SERVICE])
+check_call(['systemctl', '--user', 'status', '--no-pager', SERVICE])