Re: compiling from source - where to install

2000-02-01 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Alexander) wrote: >Hello all. New to Debian, and have a few questions. When installing >software from source: what is the official/suggested way of doing this in >Debian? Obviously, /usr/local is under my control according to the FHS. >But is there a suggested way of hand

compiling from source - where to install

2000-02-01 Thread Ian Alexander
Hello all. New to Debian, and have a few questions. When installing software from source: what is the official/suggested way of doing this in Debian? Obviously, /usr/local is under my control according to the FHS. But is there a suggested way of handling this on a Debian system? Also, does it