Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:32:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com> To: mike@hyperreal.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, (Joe Konecny) <jkonecn@green-mfg.com> Subject: Re: confused by directory structure Message-ID: <XFMail.990628133240.dburr@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <19990628183300.8891.qmail@hyperreal.org>
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (actually, it was on 28-Jun-99), the great prophet mike@hyperreal.org once wrote: > Joe Konecny wrote: >> Being very new to fbsd I'm very confused by the directory >> structure. When I d/l an app I have no idea on where I >> should put it. > > It's generally best to put new things in /usr/local. > Executable apps go in /usr/local/bin, for example. I'd like to add to this. The abiove strategy is great for small to mid sized programs, but when you start getting into the heavyweights like *TeX, KDE/GNOME, etc. it is best to put them in their own directory hierarchy, with their own bin/, lib/, etc. directories. Example: /usr/local/kde/bin, /usr/local/kde/lib, ... --- Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com>-Member The FreeBSD Project| PGP: Your *NEW* WWW HomePage: http://more.at/dburr/ ICQ #16997506 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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