From: hfaester@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Hannes Faestermann) Subject: Re: std TeX now in SLS package Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 08:54:47 GMT
tdunbar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Thomas Dunbar) writes:
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> as to the binaries in /usr/TeX/bin, just move them to whereever you want!
>i dont see that it's an issue at all. if i'd had them install into /usr/bin,
>they might have overwritten someone else's binaries which wouldnt be very
>friendly.
> personally, i like having separate dirs for related groups of binaries(ie
>bin, usrbin, X, TeX, ingres) but the only real issue is where misc support
>files go; the binaries can be put anywhere.
First my thanks to Thomas Dunbar for the TeX package.
I agree with him (and some others) that the binaries for such a big
package shouldn't go to /usr/bin during installation. So my suggestion is
to make softlinks from the binaries in /usr/TeX/... to /usr/bin. The
softlinks will stay even if you install a newer version of the TeX
package and you don't have to add stuff to your PATH variable.
Hannes