Re: [SLE] Where to install new programs?
jpennington@atipa.com said:
A well-made source tarball will install its files to /usr/local/. If it's going somewhere else, contact the maintainer and notify him/her that they're violating your disk ;).
I hope not. /usr/local is an absolute path. A good tarball will unpack into your current directory. Anyway, my preference is to put this stuff in /opt. Why? Because I have a separate /opt partition (lots of stuff from SuSE installs there). It is though just a matter of personal preference. Regards, Roy -- 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/
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:16:58 +0100, you wrote:
jpennington@atipa.com said:
A well-made source tarball will install its files to /usr/local/. If it's going somewhere else, contact the maintainer and notify him/her that they're violating your disk ;).
I hope not. /usr/local is an absolute path. A good tarball will unpack into your current directory.
I think we are talking about two different things. A tarball will "unpack" into the current directory. However, a 'make install' will usually then install the files into /usr/local (actually I have found they usually go to /usr/local/bin). Stuart -- Stuart Hall Cheshire, Connecticut, USA Linux User# 141732 -- 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/
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Roy Culley wrote:
jpennington@atipa.com said:
A well-made source tarball will install its files to /usr/local/. If it's going somewhere else, contact the maintainer and notify him/her that they're violating your disk ;).
I hope not. /usr/local is an absolute path. A good tarball will unpack into your current directory.
You misinterpreted what I said ;). Yes, the source code unpacks to cwd, but the files *install* to /usr/local/.
Anyway, my preference is to put this stuff in /opt. Why? Because I have a separate /opt partition (lots of stuff from SuSE installs there). It is though just a matter of personal preference.
Noted :). Some packages actually belong in /opt (the FHS sets rough guidelines for this), and the maintainers of the package usually have a preference. As always, check the README ;). -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington@atipa.com | Kansas City, MO /\\ 816-241-2641 x107 | http://www.atipa.com _\_V -- 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/
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