Answer by vonbrand for Where should I install packages built from source as a...
I install locally compiled packages with --prefix=$HOME. Less PATH (and other, like MANPATH or even info file location) clutter, and decently written packages won't step on their respective toes anyway.
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Eventually I decided on $HOME/opt/myfooapp. The reasons are:Options 2 and 3 allow me to separate the file hierarchies of the different packages; that's less of a consideration when you're working on /...
View ArticleAnswer by Peter Scott for Where should I install packages built from source...
I think that this is usually a site convention kind of thing. For long-running installations I am reluctant to rely on the $HOME tree and am more inclined to use /opt even if this means setting up...
View ArticleWhere should I install packages built from source as a non-root user?
I'm building several (> 10) packages as a non-root user from source, and want to install them (for the sake of this question, choose the --prefix= value). Two obvious options are:Use my home...
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