Installation directory

Jongi · 10-08-2005, 02:50 AM

If I download a tar/gzip/bzip file. What is the best locatiopn to extract it to and compile? Are the different areas depending on the install? If so what would be ideal for Mandriva, SUSE, FC and RH?

reddazz · 10-08-2005, 03:17 AM

Its personal preference. Some people extract them to /usr/src. I have a directory in my /home called downloads where I put various source packages in subdirectories according to what kind of software it is. I build all the software from there and just use su to install it.

Jongi · 10-08-2005, 03:47 AM

redazz: when you do that, does the program then run from your home directory. Or can you delete the directory you extracted the files to?

acid_kewpie · 10-08-2005, 04:00 AM

when you run "make install" the compiled programs install into your normal file system. the place you compile things from has no long term impact on the end product whatsoever.

Jongi · 10-08-2005, 05:41 AM

where would i do a make uninstall from?

acid_kewpie · 10-08-2005, 06:07 AM

that source directory. the knowlege of what the "install", "uninstall" or any other make parameter is is dfefined in the Makefile in the vurrent directory.

Jongi · 10-08-2005, 08:30 AM

the source directory being the directory to which the program was installed? where is the place that programs will normally install to?

reddazz · 10-08-2005, 09:43 AM

The directory you installed the program from (i.e. where you made ./configure, make and make install) is where you need to make uninstall, so its important to keep the build directory if you think you make need to uninstall the program. If you have not kept the build directory then you can simply reinstall the package and then uninstall.

acid_kewpie · 10-09-2005, 04:24 AM

the source directory being where the source is....

Jongi · 10-10-2005, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by reddazz
The directory you installed the program from (i.e. where you made ./configure, make and make install) is where you need to make uninstall, so its important to keep the build directory if you think you make need to uninstall the program. If you have not kept the build directory then you can simply reinstall the package and then uninstall.

That's what I did eventually. Just wondered if there were some residual files hanging about somewhere.