-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/04/2012 18:30, Saiwing Yeung wrote: > On Apr 4, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> On Apr 4, 2012, at 11:16, Saiwing Yeung wrote: >> >>> oh... I didn't know that. I just took a look in my /usr/local, and found a >>> whole bunch of stuff for texlive, and then various programs that I remember >>> installing. >>> >>> is there a recommended place for me to put these programs? >> >> Any other place on the hard drive that doesn't already have a defined >> meaning. So any prefix other than /, /usr, /usr/local, /opt/local or /sw >> should be fine. > > Thanks! > > In addition, I agree with Jan Stary that it would be nice to amend the > #defaultprefix: section in the FAQ. If possible, it would also be nice to > also add this to the "A port fails to build. What should I do?" section in > the FAQ, as the section title of #defaultprefix is "Why is /opt/local the > default install location for MacPorts?" and if a port fails to build for me, > I probably wouldn't realize that pertinent information is in that section.
If you want to install in directories other than /usr/local to avoid any conflicts with Mac Ports, you could use the other *nix location $HOME/bin. On most, if not all, Linux distros that PATH is already present in ~/.bashrc. You'd probably have to create the directory in /Users/yourname as well as add the above line to your bash_profile but I use $HOME/bin a lot on OS X & Linux. It also has the added advantage of not having to use sudo when installing stuff. Cheers, Phil... - -- But masters, remember that I am an ass. Though it be not written down, yet forget not that I am an ass. Wm. Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: §auto-key-locate cert pka ldap hkp://keys.gnupg.net Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPfJW2AAoJEKpMeDHWT5AD/iAIAIVHGason4hfmufPOKocPpMI M1A+Bx8M3GjnMXr75nhC4mYA8h+t5Qh8tbMido5Rtne4CVazpynCPp6CA4N4nUBF iKgiiRP1Ab/+Erl1+rFVsELAtsxWvTI1VSFi/quwUJpNiFLwsS6PG37fcCfUV6uC D9KhFhcgUNz7SEhEvfQlTZXw35CEAOXX8uZNP6SAPEAZ8nSoHe0HsQg8ee3lWa7O VALRvhSXRDdXS29GMugY7/ERLNo35ooNGpz5lgIxOEV3Gjs+41gPtBw8GeC9P3uH ohBiwHEYrkTuRaCBDz7cym/I4uhkRmfaIfHf8sumvAwETY9T3UpE7Q3LQRI6mgg= =FwLK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users