Hi Colin, I'm responsible for m,ost of the update on the build Ubuntu. No problem for me with a more generic page name at all. I had stuck with the names that were there as I updated it with the more recent build instructions. I have tried to generalise the page and make it a bit more user oriented and less specifically developer oriented than it was originally.
I have always wondered about the /usr/local/ as I also personally have a lot of home built software which installs there by default and the Ubuntu File System Heirarchy lists the two most common install points other than the users home directory as: /opt :- This directory is reserved for all the software and add-on packages that are not part of the default installation /usr/local :- The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when installing software locally. It needs to be safe from being overwritten when the system software is updated. Please feel free to modfy the text as you feel fit. I did not find the FHS exactly illuminating. The Linux Mint and I presume Ubuntu distribution versions of GnuCash install into /usr/local. I have always installed there and as long as I don't install over it from the software manager, it has never been a problem for me. I modified that from an earlier version which primarily recommended installing into $HOME/.local as the preferred option. I do use that if I have built a version from the github master or maint for testing so it was possibly more developer oriented. T times I have had 3 versions of GnuCash up and running David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.