On 09/19/13 19:32, Bob Proulx wrote:
Instead of the above add yourself to the 'staff' group. (While there
you might as well add yourself to the 'adm' group too. Then you can
view the /var/log/* files as yourself too. Unrelated to the current
question but useful.)
# adduser youruserid
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:00:53PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
In the past, I found that the Debian packaged FreeCiv was buggy.
Since then, I've downloaded and built from source.
Did you report a bug, like a good citizen?
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On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:46:37AM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
debian-user:
Is there a canonical location for build/installing system-wide
software from source tarballs? For example, Java SDK and FreeCiv:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
On 09/18/13 14:57, Gregory Nowak wrote:
My guess would be /usr/local. Either there, or in /opt, though I
prefer /usr/local for building from source/installing.
On 09/19/13 02:25, recovery...@gmail.com wrote:
Please invoke 'man hier' and read it.
Accoring to the man page,
/usr/local This is
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:16:04AM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
But, this implies working as root. I prefer building in my home
directory as a normal user, and finishing with sudo make install,
sudo vi /etc/projectrc, etc..
Does anybody have any compelling arguments for building as
Gregory Nowak wrote:
David Christensen wrote:
But, this implies working as root. I prefer building in my home
directory as a normal user, and finishing with sudo make install,
sudo vi /etc/projectrc, etc..
Does anybody have any compelling arguments for building as root
under
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 08:32:36PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
Why? Seriously, it isn't needed. Just group 'staff'.
I'll admit I didn't take the time to look into the rather extensive
/etc/group in debian. Thanks for that, and your other info on
groups. Given the wealth of packages in debian, I
On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 20:32 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
Gregory Nowak wrote:
David Christensen wrote:
But, this implies working as root. I prefer building in my home
directory as a normal user, and finishing with sudo make install,
sudo vi /etc/projectrc, etc..
Does anybody have
debian-user:
Is there a canonical location for build/installing system-wide software
from source tarballs? For example, Java SDK and FreeCiv:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
TIA,
David
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On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:46:37AM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
debian-user:
Is there a canonical location for build/installing system-wide
software from source tarballs? For example, Java SDK and FreeCiv:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
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