On Thu, 07 May 1998, Webmaster wrote:
>I don' know which of the following locations would is best. Any advice?
>
>/usr/local/
>/usr/local/etc
>/usr/local/src
>/usr/local/bin
/usr/local is the canonical place to install such things (anything not
provided on the base installation).
Another possib
> Could I ask you how you put something into the path.
>
I'm assuming your using the bash shell. If so, you can edit your
.bash_profile file (in your home directory). Add:
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin
and you will have /usr/local/bin in your path.
Regards,
--Brian
Thanks for your advice.
Could I ask you how you put something into the path.
Thanks Again
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On 5/7/98, at 6:01 PM, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> /usr/local/
> ^^
>This where I install programs like netscape to (ie the netscape4.
> /usr/local/
^^
This where I install programs like netscape to (ie the netscape4.05
directory with all the README's, classes etc..).
> /usr/local/src
^^
If you have the source to netscape, put it here.
> /usr/local/bin
^^
Throw a copy of the netscape binary
It's your system...you can install it where you want. With some programs,
you may want to install them in certain directories so that they are already
contained in your path statement.
Marco
I am installing MySQL on my Redhat 4.2 Linux system. I am not sure where I
should be installing additi
