From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Sep 3 15:17:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from pineapple.theshop.net (pineapple.theshop.net [208.128.7.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35D3037B408 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 15:17:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bsdprophet.org (peach11.theshop.net [206.30.143.76]) by pineapple.theshop.net (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f83MGdF13165; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 17:16:39 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from Scott@bsdprophet.org) Message-ID: <3B940189.E0C2E052@bsdprophet.org> Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 17:17:45 -0500 From: Scott Corey X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: vass D Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: best place for installing... References: <20010903220630.30882.qmail@web14708.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 1st: Being that you are such a newbie, you maybe should stick with the port/packages. Since they will install the program in the right directories. 2nd Usually all sources have a README file and a INSTALL file, that should be read before installing the program. 3rd Unless you really want a custom installation (i.e. maybe unstable) most files go into /usr/local/bin. It just depends on what you want in that program. You also can make a /bin in you home directory, but that is way far in advance of a newbie. Again I stress that you should use the ports/packages when installing a program. It is the best way to keep track of your programs, and make upgrading a lot easier. Rolling you own, should be left up to the gurus, or at least it is not for newbies. Scott vass D wrote: > > hi again. just an easy question i'm sure... > > there are some apps that dont go to the right > directories. Geotrace for example. if you untar > the source and make, it creates an executable > in the same place you have untared it, not in bin. > > same with mozilla i got today. if you untar (not port) > it just creates a dir (in the current directory) and > throws everything in it. > then you change to that directory, type mozilla and > it runs. > > now, the obvious thing is to create a link in the bin > dir for the executable. The question though is: > which is the best place to put the whole directory > that was created? /usr/lib? /usr/X11R6/lib ? or > some other place? > > i'm newbie and find it a bit confusing, especialy > the fact that there are more than one bin, lib etc. > like /bin /usr/bin ... > > i'm just trying to avoid making a mess... > > thanks and sorry for long post. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger > http://im.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message