On 14Aug2013 09:34, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: | > | > Well, your whole home directory should be backed up. | > | > (Possibly excluding scratch areas like caches of temp files.) | > | * | > | Ok | > | Should I also back up the whole home | > | by changing for example from Xubuntu to Siduction? | > | > I don't understand this question. | * | What do I have to save | when I want to decide: | Stop using Xubuntu. I install a fresh Siduction (or SuSe or whatever) | and I want to delete Xubuntu.
Step 0: back up your /home to somewhere (this can be as simple as copying it to a USB stick or such). Step 1: Install. You've got two basic choices here: If you have /home as a separate partition, you can probably arrange to NOT reformat it during the new install. So: during the install, keep the existing partitioning, and do not wipe the /home partition. This is dependent on the install process for the new OS. OR, wipe the whole machine (just install over the top, with fresh partitions and a blank /home) and then just restore your backup into /home afterwards. | > A more normal pattern is that third party executables/packages go | > in /usr/local or /opt depending on style, on the premise that you | > are installing them for all users of the computer to access. | * | Premise is: | Root means admin does install. | All users can use it. Generally, yes. | > If you are installing a third party exeutable/package only for | > yourself (for example, experimental or insufficiently tested software | > for some special purpose) you would install it in a directory inside | > your own home directory (such as the "bin" you propose). | * | Ok | | > | > If you are doing that, it would be sensible to do as you suggested | > and have a "bin" for third party stuff and a "mybin" for your own | > stuff. Just mention both of them in your $PATH in whichever order suits | > your own policy. | * | This is my question: | Should I declare | bin/mybin files | in $path | or does Linux find the executable file | because | mybin is a subdirectory of bin? The former. You need to name both directories. BTW, it is more common to make: $HOME/bin $HOME/mybin instead of: $HOME/bin/mybin i.e. put them side by side, not one inside the other. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> A lot of people don't know the difference between a violin and a viola, so I'll tell you. A viola burns longer. - Victor Borge ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
