From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 28 4:30: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-1.catskill.net (ns.catskill.net [205.232.250.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA9137B423; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 04:29:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wyrdwulf@catskill.net) Received: from aikane.aikane.net (32.m68.one.catskill.net [209.177.43.32]) by mail-1.catskill.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) with SMTP id f3SBTib19507; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:29:45 -0400 Message-Id: <200104281129.f3SBTib19507@mail-1.catskill.net> From: "eric k. wolven" To: freebsd_stuff@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: Subject: Re: Installing third party software In-Reply-To: <20010428043533.31914.qmail@web13706.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:15:53 +0106 (EDT) X-Mailer: XCmail 1.3 - with PGP support, PGP engine version 0.5 (FreeBSD) X-Mailerorigin: http://www.fsai.fh-trier.de/~schmitzj/Xclasses/XCmail/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ---: If you install from the freebsd port (/usr/ports/whatever), you don't have to worry where the program puts it, since it does all installation for you--nice, eh? (though it regularly puts it in /usr/local). You may have to "configure" local info, though, depending on the program. Try downloading the "pib" program. It gives you more control over installation. I'm not a freebsd "guru" so be guided by those folks who know this stuff inside-out. Eric ---Reply to mail from - - about Installing third party software > Hi all, > > This is a basic question but I've been wondering for > quite a while, so I'll just fire it away in this list. > > When I install third party software, say the apache > server or jdk etc..., where should I install them? > Some book say, if I remember correctly, all > system-wide programs should be installed under > /usr/local. But some people tell me that install them > in wherever it has the most HD space. What is the > convention used in the real-life? I'm confused. Any > of your opinions are appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > kero > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > ---End reply To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message