Re: Installing, Managing, and Running Applications on Linux.

[Benjamin Scott]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
> Of course, this is because the maintainers of packages and proprietary
> installation tools take no time to consider the fact that someone might
> want to install something in a place different from where they would
> install it.

  In the defense of the packagers, don't forget, a lot of the settings for
where stuff is get built into the program at compile-time, so the package
manager really can't do much to help you out there.  In that case, I always
reach for the source.  One more reason why Open Source is a Good Thing.

-- 
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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