Re: Install locations when not using .deb

2007-02-21 Thread Paul Johnson
Peter Teunissen wrote: > I'm trying to install CloverETL [1], a java based ETL tool. It's not in > the repository, and they don't provide a rpm or deb installer, only the > java apps etc. in a zip file or the java source. That's fine with me, > but I'd like to follow debian's guidelines on the FSH

Re: Install locations when not using .deb

2007-02-17 Thread Peter Teunissen
On 17-feb-2007, at 20:13, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 07:52:34PM +0100, Peter Teunissen wrote: - should I use /usr/* etc. for this or is that reserved for .deb installs and should I use /usr/local/* instead? The risk you run in using /usr is that future .debs could tra

Re: Install locations when not using .deb

2007-02-17 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 07:52:34PM +0100, Peter Teunissen wrote: > > - should I use /usr/* etc. for this or is that reserved for .deb > installs and should I use /usr/local/* instead? > The risk you run in using /usr is that future .debs could trample your program. If you use /usr/local or /opt,