[ale] File System for Newbs

[James Sumners]

True. But what if you want to install something for all users and the
package isn't available in the system's package repository? You would
be better off using /opt or /usr/local in that case.

Or maybe you don't like the way MySQL is packaged for the distribution
in question. Installing to /opt/mysql/ would be a more appropriate
location than ~/local/.


On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Richard Bronosky<Richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
> I configure with --prefix=~/local/ I think of is as my personal
> /usr/local. That way my paths are fairly similar whether I have root
> on the box or not. The because important when you copy your .bashrc
> everywhere.

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