From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 24 7:42:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from webpimps.net (lgb-DSL71-cust207.mpowercom.net [208.57.71.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1FD637B406 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:42:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from click46@webpimps.net) Received: from WorldClient [127.0.0.1] by webpimps.net [127.0.0.1] with SMTP (MDaemon.v3.1.2.R) for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:39:55 -0700 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:39:55 -0700 From: "Aaron" To: "Kris Kennaway" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggested X-Mailer: WorldClient Standard 3.1.2 In-Reply-To: <20010823203157.B5802@xor.obsecurity.org> X-MDRcpt-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-MDRemoteIP: 127.0.0.1 X-Return-Path: click46@webpimps.net X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20010824144210.E1FD637B406@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So even services go in /usr/local? So then /usr/bin and the like are there for the OS or backward compat? And thanks, from now on I'll be using /usr/local :-) --------------------------------------------- click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com -----Original Message----- From: Kris Kennaway To: Aaron Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:31:57 -0700 Subject: Re: Suggested > 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 > > decided to use ./configure --prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/usr. Bad idea, I > > realized, since my 88M / slice began to fill up and now nmbd core > dumps > > when stopped. > > > > So my question is, how does one make an informed decision as to > where > > to place what? I know all unices have different places for different > > things - what are FreeBSD's? For example, what goes in /usr/local/ > > and /usr? > > > > Thanks for any light you could shed on the subject. I know my > question is > > posed in the most elegant matter but I hope it makes sense. > > /usr/local and /usr/X11R6 (for X11 applications) are the standard > prefixes. If you were using the samba port, for example, thats where > it would install it automatically. > > See also hier(7) > > Kris > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message