"BCS" <n...@anon.com> wrote in message news:a6268ff13bd08ccc27164400...@news.digitalmars.com... > Hello Adam, > >> On 5/15/10, Bernard Helyer <b.hel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Set executable bit, modify PATH >>> >> Meh, you don't have to do that. On my box, I have a wrapper script in >> /usr/bin >> so the dmd command works from anywhere, but you can just as well run >> it right out of wherever you download it too. ./dmd works just as well >> as dmd. >>> I've a little script that copies the executables into /usr/bin, the >>> manpages into manpage land, the docs into /usr/share/docs/dmd, >>> imports into /usr/include/d and the libraries into /usr/lib, and so >>> on. >>> >> Ew, why? I guess if you have a script it is ok for you, but there's >> really no need to take it out of the folders where they are at the >> unzip. >> > > The same holds for every file in /usr/bin, I wonder what that says about > all the other people who put stuff there. Similar thought hold for the > other bits and places. >
Maybe it's my windows upbringing, but I've never liked the idea of having each of my apps spread all across the whole filesystem.