Carlos Santana wrote: > >>> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages >> I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local >> so they are isolated from each other. >> > > You mean /usr/local or /usr/local/src ? > I would create new directory under /usr/local/src and put source > there. Please correct me if I am wrong. > > This brings one more confusion: > - whether to use /usr space or /opt . > > Any comments?
In general, /usr/local or /opt is _your_ space, where /bin, /lib, the rest of /usr, /var, etc. are the distribution's space. What you do in your space is up to you. Most things will land under /usr/local when built from a non-distribution-specific source. Leaving them there and adjusting your PATH if necessary to run them is a reasonable way of doing non-standard things. And you probably aren't going to get any better agreement on a standard for non-standard builds... -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos