Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie: installation directories?

2003-08-27 Thread Davide Brini
On 14:34, mercoledì 27 agosto 2003, Chris I wrote: > By default, portage installs everything in /usr, which is proper for a > package management system. There are a few ebuilds (openoffice, quake > 3, nwn, and blackdown java off the top of my head) that install to > nonstandard locations. "rar" a

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie: installation directories?

2003-08-27 Thread Chris I
On 2003.08.27 08:10, Davide Brini wrote: First of all, thanks for your answer. > Hi, > > > How do portage determines where a certain package has to be > > installed (eg, /, > > /usr, /usr/local, /opt or whatever)? > > That's in the Makefile of the package, and in the ebuild. From the > user's vie

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie: installation directories?

2003-08-27 Thread Davide Brini
First of all, thanks for your answer. > Hi, > > > How do portage determines where a certain package has to be > > installed (eg, /, > > /usr, /usr/local, /opt or whatever)? > > That's in the Makefile of the package, and in the ebuild. From the > user's viewpoint it's predefined. If so, how can o

RE: [gentoo-user] Newbie: installation directories?

2003-08-27 Thread Gwendolyn van der Linden
Hi, > How do portage determines where a certain package has to be > installed (eg, /, > /usr, /usr/local, /opt or whatever)? That's in the Makefile of the package, and in the ebuild. From the user's viewpoint it's predefined. > Another question: how can one find out what package a given > file

[gentoo-user] Newbie: installation directories?

2003-08-27 Thread Davide Brini
This is probably a silly question, but I haven't found an answer yet (I'm rather new to gentoo, only using it since July, so don't hit me too hard). How do portage determines where a certain package has to be installed (eg, /, /usr, /usr/local, /opt or whatever)? As an example, one month ago or