> No, they should not!  It is the user's responsibility to
> configure his own HOME environment; I would be *extremely*
> annoyed if any installer were to fiddle with such settings.
>

And I am "extremely annoyed" when I install software and it fails to
function due to some hidden settings that I shouldn't be required to know
anything about.

The installer should configure the software so that it actually works out of
the box.  If the environment variables are not set, it should offer to set
them.
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