Hi David I have changed the text on usr/local. I haven't changed the title as it was not immediately clear to me how to do that. It probably doesn't matter anyway.
Cheers Colin On 5 July 2018 at 11:12, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.