Paul Roundy wrote:
>
> Is there a standard location for untarring program source code? Is it
> ok to dump it in /usr/src/ along with the kernel source? I have been
> untarring and compiling from my home directory, but it struck me today
> that there may be a convention for this.
>
> Thanks, Paul Roundy
> -
I would NOT mix it up with the Kernel source code under /usr/src.
The two most common locations are the directories under /usr/local and
/opt.
Since the HD that my /usr is located on has less than 15% free space I
usually install a new app under /opt, if it requests to be placed there,
or I create a new dir on my 6.4GB hd. Usually, the executable is put
somewhere on the path (/usr/bin, or /usr/local/bin) or the path to the
executable is added to the PATH variable, along with the libraries being
added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
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