Re: compiling and installing non deb stuff

1998-02-24 Thread David Z. Maze
tmalloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: t> 1. Is is normally best to try something out in my home directory before t> installing it as root? Will this always be possible? It's often a good idea, though in the past I haven't necessarily. :-) If you install things in /usr/local so that they don't

Re: compiling and installing non deb stuff

1998-02-24 Thread Shaleh
It is recommended that any local software -- not a debian package -- be installed in /usr/local. dpkg/dselect ignores this directory(for the most part). There is a file system standard the all linux dists are supposed to follow. It is currently called the FSSTND, soon to be the FHS. It should b