On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, George Zeigler wrote: gz> Hello, gz> OK. So when I download tarballs, should I run 'tar xzf' in the gz> /usr/local directory, so that the programs create directories off of this gz> extension, so that I get: gz> /usr/local/tarball_1 gz> /usr/local/tarball_2 gz> /usr/local/tarball_3 gz> gz> gz> Now /usr/local/bin seems to be the place to throw executables. Why? gz> In Win for instance, I preferred that each program had it's own directory. gz> gz> The rpm idea sounds great, but I have a heck of a time just getting the gz> tarballs installed. The README files I've seen are quick paragraphs with "do gz> this" "do that" and "have fun", as if I knew what the heck they were talking gz> about. But that's tangent ranting. gz> Well, you can always install them into their own respective directories, then create a symlink within /usr/local/bin just remember its there if you ever change the orioginal in some way. gz> Thanks gz> George gz> -- My personal website gz> http://www.firstnethou.com/gz/welcome.ht gz> gz> gz> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 Simon's Law: Everything put together falls apart sooner or later. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/