Re: manual software installation
On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 01:36:50PM -0700, ChadDavis wrote:
> If I want to install software that isn't in a package, what is the
> Debian compatible method. I mean, where do I put the executables,
> where do I put the installation itself, etc. To be specific, I'm
> installing tomcat.
>
> If someone can tell me where to find documents that specify such
> Debian standards, I'd appreciate it.
No links to standards, but I use /usr/local/ for that sort of thing, with
sources expanded in /usr/local/src/, executables in /usr/local/bin/,
libraries in /usr/local/lib/, etc. This should be completely safe
from conflict with debian packages.
Ken
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Ken Irving, fnkci@uaf.edu
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