Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 23:22:58 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> Cc: Aaron <click46@webpimps.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggested Message-ID: <20010823232258.B13525@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20010824150400.A73463@itouchnz.itouch>; from jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz on Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 03:04:00PM %2B1200 References: <20010824025913.E23AF37B409@hub.freebsd.org> <20010824150400.A73463@itouchnz.itouch>
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 23 23:04 -0400, sent by Jonathan Chen > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 07:57:27PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > > > > After months of using FreeBSD, there is only one area in which I am > > still quite fuzzy. There seems to be no real standard place to > > install "stuff". For example, when I installed Samba the other day, I ... > > All third-party s/w not actively maintained by the developers goes > into /usr/local; the only exception being XFree86, which goes into > /usr/X11R6. If you use the ports system to build your software, > all the components will end up in the `correct' places: sometimes not...like gentoo, kde2. shouldn't they be in /usr/X11R6? -- so, do you like word games or scrabble? - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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