On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:05:35 +0100
"Paweł Tęcza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Shawn Walker pisze:
> > Paweł Tęcza wrote:
> >> Hello People,
> >>
> >> I've googled a lot and I'm confused, because I still don't know what the
> >> best place for installation of add-on apps under OpenSolaris is.
> >>
> >> For example, I want to compile and install some free software/open
> >> source like OpenVPN or memtest86+. What prefix should I type for
> >> configure script? /usr/local? /opt/local? /opt/sfw? /opt/<appname>?
> >>
> >> What do you recommend me? Is it something like "OpenSolaris way"?
> >>
> >> My best regards,
> >
> > From "man filesystem":
> >
> > /usr/local
> >
> > Not part of the SVR4-based Solaris distribution. The
> > /usr directory is exclusively for software bundled with
> > the Solaris operating system. If needed for storing
> > machine-local add-on software, create the directory
> > /opt/local and make /usr/local a symbolic link to
> > /opt/local. The /opt directory or filesystem is for
> > storing add-on software to the system.
> >
> > If this is unpackaged software, that's where I'd put it.
>
> Hi Shawn,
>
> Thanks a lot for your reply! Do the rest of you agree that /opt/local
> is the best location for that kind of software? ;)
Yes, but create the symlink for /usr/local before you start installing
things. A lot of open source software stayed with /usr/local, and may
not move easily, so I wouldn't bother trying.
BTW, did you know that both openvpn and memtest86+ are in the netbsd
pkgsrc system, which works on both Solaris and OpenSolaris? It comes
with a robust, flexible build system and hence has generated one of
the more impressive lists of available applications.
<mike
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