From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 10 11:42:18 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 11:42:16 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 381B737B400 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:42:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from jonc.itouch (jonc.itouch [192.168.2.21]) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBAJg3355104; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 08:42:03 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.itouch (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBAJg2514283; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 08:42:02 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 08:42:02 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: "Jack Juil Harris, Jr." Cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: Install Directory Message-ID: <20001211084202.A14126@jonc.itouch> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from me@jharris.com on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 10:06:54PM -0600 Sender: jonc@itouch.co.nz Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 10:06:54PM -0600, Jack Juil Harris, Jr. wrote: > There are plenty of good applications that are not part of "Packages" > > Where is a good place to install them? > /usr/local ? > /usr/home/ ? > /usr/local/etc ? > /usr/local/share ? > > I know I could install them anywhere but where is a "secure" place to do so. > > I dont want to have my trash all over the system. What you should do is to check whether the application you're interested in is in the ports system (/usr/ports). If it is, the ports system will allow you to build, install and deinstall all related files simply and cleanly. http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message