According to Dennis Herbst: While burning my CPU.
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> Is there a _best_ directory to install software to? Since the system is
> muli-user I wondered what would make it easier as far as permissions
> etc..
Normaly when one obtains Linux software we obtain a tarball, that archive
includes normaly speaking the source code and/or a binary file of the
program, now one would install any tar file into /usr/local/src or /usr/src
read the INSTALL or README files and follow the directions given, in "most"
cases thats something like ./configure or make config, then make or make
install, the Makefile tells make to install the newly made binary in its
correct resting place which is defined in the Makefile with the correct
assigned permissions.
After the binary has been installed, you can normaly remove the source to
save disk space, of course keep the *.tar.gz file in you /home/ftp/* dir.
99% of the time the above would be the example to follow.
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> Thanx..
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>
> Red Hat 5.1
> 2.0.35
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Regards Richard.
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