From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 06:21:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7072937B401 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 06:21:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.attbi.com (rwcrmhc12.attbi.com [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D39E643F3F for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 06:21:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[24.147.188.198]) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <20030603132119014003a25be>; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:21:19 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h53DLIOA064432 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 09:21:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h53DLI1j064429; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 09:21:18 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030603205258.7cb06c79.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 03 Jun 2003 09:21:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030603205258.7cb06c79.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Message-ID: <44adczpa9d.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 7 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [doc pointer] Re: where to put tarball X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 13:21:20 -0000 Robert Storey writes: > I'm wondering where is the proper location to put a tarball (containing source code) that I've downloaded and want to untar and compile. In Linux, you generally would put it in /usr/src. I know all the FreeBSD documentation says /usr/local is where all your personalized software should go, but I see that there is no /usr/local/src directory. Of course, I can make a /usr/local/src directory, but my question is: Is that a good idea? Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but I thought it would be wise to develop good habits and not install things where they don't belong. FreeBSD has a whole subsystem for managing the third-party code. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html