Laird Shaw wrote: > Martin Baehr wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 05:35:58PM -0700, Troy Truchon wrote: >>> Hmm, I just figured Ubuntu did something funny with it, much like >>> disabling root and other Ubuntu trivia. I've never had anything not >>> work >>> so I'm assuming that nothing on my system installs to /usr/local/bin, >>> which is weird. What is in that directory on your system? >> >> on my notebook it contains something i put there myself. on most other >> machines it is empty. along with /usr/local/lib, and some others. >> the point is to provide a guideline for where to put stuff. > > Often it is used for binaries that you install manually i.e. when you > perform the './configure; make; make install' yourself rather than > installing through whichever package manager your system favours > (occasionally /opt/bin is used for that purpose too). >
Thats probably why I don't have one, I've always put things I install in /opt/. -- After a successful DSL installation I always feel a bit dirty. I'm never sure wheather I've given them the worlds library or its needle. All I know is that people don't react like that when you give them a library card. * Troy Truchon * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * IcedTea.wordpress.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
