Thanks for the feedback, I was just not sure if there was anything else I
should consider.
I opted for the approach to untar the binary distribution into
/usr/local/node-v0.8.19-linux-x64, then created a symbolic link to this
directory to /usr/local/node so that I can easily switch releases.
Then the only thing left to do was to create a script (I called it node.sh)
in /etc/profile.d to set the PATH and MANPATH env variables to point into
/usr/local/node.
NODE_HOME=/usr/local/node
PATH="$PATH:$NODE_HOME/bin"
if [ -z "$MANPATH" ]
then
MANPATH="$(manpath)"
fi
MANPATH="$MANPATH:$NODE_HOME/share/man"
export PATH MANPATH
Albrecht
On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 2:02:08 PM UTC-8, Ben Noordhuis wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:44 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just downloaded the binary distribution v0.8.19 for 64bit linux. While
> I
> > can untar the file and execute the executable, I am unclear how I should
> > install onto my computer. I understand that I can untar it into
> /usr/local
> > but that might not be the proper location and then non of the man pages
> > would be found.
> > What am I missing? Should I don't load the source distribution and try
> to
> > make "make install" work? How about for upgrades? Unfortunately
> linuxmint
> > only comes with v0.6.x so no help there.
> >
> > Albrecht
>
> /usr/local is a fine location for packages that are installed
> system-wide but not under control of the system's package management
> system (like apt or yum).
>
> The man pages go into /usr/local/share/man/man1. That's normally on
> the search path but if not, just point your MANPATH to it.
>
> Updates are easy: simply untar the new version over the old one.
>
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