"Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >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 That is like saying that / and everything under it belongs to the system. /usr/local is fine for installing local stuff. That was what it was always for. That /opt was used by certain companies for optional stuff does not make it better than /usr/local. /usr/local will almost never be wiped by a reinstall or rather if it is, then it is likely that /opt will as well. >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
