On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 02:57:26PM -0600, Tony Vance wrote: > * When installing new programs, is it considered better to always > install new programs under a user's home directory, or under a directory > off the root?
This is a matter of personal preference but I believe that traditionally big packages have been placed in subdirectories of /opt. I usually create a bin, lib, and share directory in my home directory and then when I build things I pass --prefix=$HOME to the configure script so it installs in my home directory. For binary packages you can put them wherever you want. -- --------------------------------+----------------------------------- Byron Clark | http://www.byronandannie.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] | --------------------------------+----------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 0365 6979 6C3E BC0C 56C0 FB7F 12B3 75DD 042B EA68
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