Question of the day -- helpful for newbies?
Duston, Hal
hdusto01 at sprintspectrum.com
Thu Apr 12 15:36:00 CDT 2001
Bradley,
My understanding is that you should put things you
are adding to your system in /usr/local. That
directory should _never_ be touched by your distribution.
_If_ you are using your distribution's package/upgrade/
install system that doesn't apply, but if you are
installing from source or placing binaries without using
your distribution's package system you should use
/usr/local. If you don't do this, when you upgrade
other stuff later on your distribution, it could mess
up the stuff you are doing now. I hope that is clearer
than it sound.
Hal Duston
hdusto01 at sprintspectrum.com
Bradley Miller [bradmiller at dslonramp.com] wrote:
>
> Question of the day: Where should you run/install/put files
> you are adding to your system????
>
> I've been fighting some install woes on a new RAQ4 box I
> have. I'm curious to see what's recommended, and WHERE
> you are supposed to learn this info from ? ? ?
>
> -- Bradley Miller
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