Dennis Hilberg, Jr. wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I;ve downloaded the Development version 4.2.5p111 off NTP from >> http://www.ntp.org/downloads.html I installed it with the foilowing >> procedure: >> >> ./configure --prefix={path} >> ./make >> ./makeinstall >> >> When I browse to the path where everything should be there are only 3 >> directories looking like this: >> >> bash> ls >> bin lib man >> >> Now where are the config files? I expected them to be in this path >> because if I read the makefile: >> >> sysconfdir = ${prefix}/etc >> >> well my prefix is /home/joah/ntp, so the conf-files should be at /home/ >> joah/ntp/etc. but that directory does not exists! what have I done >> wrong? >> >> I also took a look at /etc, there are some ntp conf files, but those >> are created months ago when I installed the machine, they are not >> created by my installation. >> >> anyone know how I get the conf files installed? What have I done wrong >> here ? >> >> thanks! > > > Have you tried a 'find / -name ntpd 2> /dev/null' ? > > If you actually passed configure '--prefix={path}', where {path} is the > actual characters '{path}', then everything was probably installed in > {path}/bin, {path}/man, relative to the directory you configured the > install from. > > The default path prefix is /usr/local . >
If true, it's a poor idea. /usr and anything under it belongs to the operating system. It's possible for an upgrade to replace /usr in its entirity!! /opt is the preferred tree to install applications in. This is not to say that /usr/local has not been used by many people, only that it is far from being "best practice". _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
