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Improve installation guide for Linux #361

@JoergStrebel

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@JoergStrebel

Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve

Improve Copilot installation instructions for Linux

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The problem is that Linux is installed using distributions (e.g. OpenSUSE Leap). These distributions bring their own npm packages. I tried to install copilot after installing the npm package from my distribution and the copilot install command failed with an EACCES error. The necessary nodejs code could not be installed globally on my machine without root permissions. (see https://docs.npmjs.com/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally/)
Copilot installation only worked after I deleted the npm distribution package, and used nvm to install node (see https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm/ and https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
Maybe you could point this out in a README or so.

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npm install -g @github/copilot won't work with npm installed using your Linux package manager.

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