Dear Rony, you misunderstood my question, It is not about the installation folder (/usr/local ) which makes sense on Linux, unix, I only asked if it makes sense to change /share/ooRexx to /share/ooRexx/samples also on macOS, and and likewise change /share/ooRexx/native.api to /share/ooRexx/samples/native.api
Regarding the "doc" sub-sub-sub-folder I find your proposal counterintuitive, al least for macOS, The documentation should be readily available, not in a folder 3 layers down Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse, P.O. Jonsson oor...@jonases.se > Am 12.10.2021 um 17:50 schrieb Rony G. Flatscher <rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at>: > > Dear P.O., > On 12.10.2021 17:23, P.O. Jonsson wrote: >> your latest change made Unix/Linux diverge from what is currently installed >> for macOS/Darwin :-(: >> >> On macOS the samples are still in installed to >> >> /Applications/ooRexx5/share/ooRexx >> >> and the native samples to the subfolder >> >> /Applications/ooRexx5/share/ooRexx/native.api >> >> The documentation is placed at >> >> /Applications/ooRexx5/Documentation >> >> Which is much easier for the user to find than >> >> /Applications/ooRexx5/share/ooRexx/doc >> >> In ooRexx on macOS all you have to do to find the documentation is to unfold >> the ooRexx main folder. To navigate to a subfolder 3 levels down is >> "surprising" in my opinion. >> >> Should the macOS installation be amended, and to what extent? The folder >> structure for the samples is what comes out of CMake, I did not change >> anything there. > On Unix/Linux systems there is no standard "/Application" folder where > applications get installed to like there is on the Mac. > On Linux it seems that applications tend to be /usr/[local/]bin, > /usr/[local/]lib and /usr/[local/]share, where "share" serves as root for > e.g. "man" (man pages), but also for other things. Applications that have > samples and/or docs would than install to /usr/[local/]share/APPNAME and use > that as root for samples, documentations etc. To organize the different kind > of files (samples, documentation) to keep them separate is the purpose of > having a "samples" and a "doc" directory in "share/ooRexx", hence my question > yesterday. > The installation location can be relocated (e.g. "make DESTDIR=~/oorexx" to > install into the home directory) but would have the layout > "~/oorexx/usr/local/...", with other words has the same layout as for > installing to /usr[/local]. > > There are applications that install to /opt/APPNAME and then link or copy > their files to /usr/[local/] ... > > --- > Ad Apple: it would be possible to define the Apple locations the way you have > them set up. > > --- > Maybe others on the list who have much more experience with installations on > Unix systems could step forward and share their experience, thoughts and > could give advice. > > ---rony > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
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