On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 06:56:45PM -0500, Peter B pleaded:
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% From: Mike Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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% Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 6:06 PM
% Subject: QUESTION
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% Actually I wouldn't mind knowing a bit about where to install stuff from
% either. I've d/led all this stuff for my linux 2.0.31 box, qt runtimes,
% netscape 4.06, true type font server...my question is WHERE do you
% install these files from? From the / directory logged in as root? Will
% they recurse themselves into the correct directories? Do I need to mkdir
% first with any of them? I'm sorry if these some like dumb questions, but
% the doco's aren't clear on this. i don't want ot install stuff and have
% it install to some unheard of and incorrect place...any rules of thumb?
My best recommendation would be to read the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
Grab it at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/fhs/fhs-2.0.tar.gz.
My second best recommendation, which is probably the rule of thumb you are
looking for, is to put non-system binaries under the /usr branch. Stuff
that would be locally maintained is usually installed to /usr/local.
% TIA
% 'Later
% Peter
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