Re: [GLUG-tech] Debian standard file locations ? When compiling new aplications ..
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 02:51:56PM +0200, Mark Coetser wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 14:42, Gregory Machin wrote:
> > when compling a new aplication gcc ./configure allows you to use the
> > following to configure the location of relavent files, what paths
> > should i specify for debian so that i may keep with the standards
> > ..
>
> well do a dpkg -L for an installed package and see where it installs the
> files then do the same for your configure
No, don't do that, you'll get stomped on by the package manager
installing things later. Just install into /usr/local, which is usually
the default, and which packages are supposed to stay away from.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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