On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 05:37:28PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Randy Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am in the process of RTFM, I'm in chapter 4 :-) and have googled > > without really finding an answer. When installing non-Debian packages > > (EsayEclipse for PHP) from tar.gz files, where is the best place to > > put them in the dir structure so that all users will have access to > > them? Is there a 'right' place or does it matter as long as they are > > outside a users home dir?
AFAIK: If you're getting a source tarball and compiling it, the source goes in /usr/local/src and the resultant binaries go under /usr/local. If you're getting a binary tarball (which therefore doesn't come with a make uninstall script), you can unpack it into its own directory tree under /opt (e.g. /opt/EsayEclipse). You will then have /opt/EsayEclipse/bin/... Then when you want to remove this package, just delete its directory. Remember to put the /opt/... path in user's path. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
