-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/04/2012 19:40, Phil Dobbin wrote: > 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 $HOME/bin > a lot on OS X & Linux. It also has the added advantage of not > having to use sudo when installing stuff.
the above (non-existent) line of course being: `PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin` :-) - -- 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/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPfJaEAAoJEKpMeDHWT5ADxUcIAJXB53+Kh0Pqweu2TJcwdJYS Yko/t3Bg2cnfT7QZQ0+ZzVulmU5UUsQ7TkgU4b4alVzTDwzyePsU/bGe+DTGLAjZ jH40FgQz8Bf1odJE7akSzPc3QGpF+BfpU0OOVC+nZ5JKb10nt+GG8KDU3EEZVhEH KH0Pq6u03VeKv1cLFaUQa3Do8cjas9tbRcZEMirykKV7i5r5Vu8uj6bqraA/yHyD dWKoE7yHROLRtkwfdur6kiqA2+V2UZCkwGcuxCOnGPJ6ERc1dSrhlr2AKTGmx9LZ u6NBSYN1FDjVTwCjBASfplzc4F0f2ZASPJMcVbyOEe0Rdb7aAZvoYGPloDwki8U= =Jh6Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users