Majority of the users prefer /usr/local therefore that will be the default OpenDx installation for OpenDX on Red Hat Linux. Others who have preferences like /opt and /usr/local/lib/dx would have to use rpm commands like --prefix and --relocate to install rpms in the directories of their choice.
Suhaib > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David L. > Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 12:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [opendx-general] opendx RPMs > > > I noticed that you had requested this before as well. Why do you want > it in /usr/local/lib/dx and not /usr/local/dx. This piece of software > is so significant that it has it's own lib directory, etc. I prefer > it up a directory /usr/local/dx so paths for linking, etc don't have > the extra lib. > > David > > >I vote for /usr/local especially if that means /usr/local/lib/dx > >(rather than /usr/local/dx) as the main directory. > > -- > .................................................................. > ........... > David L. Thompson The University of Montana > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Science Department > http://www.cs.umt.edu/u/dthompsn Missoula, MT 59812 > Work Phone : (406)257-8530
