Where to install progs for all users?
 

Where (or what directory) do I install a package so that all users can use the program from their home directory? For example, I have an older computer that I run Fedora Core 3 on, and I want to install Sun Java SDK so that any user logged onto the computer can run the Java command in their home directory. Thank you!

Simply install the program in question as root and put its location either in $PATH (the executables' path(s) the system should recognise) or put a link in /usr/bin. But as far as Java's concerned, installing it as root does the whole job already.

M.

You can install java in /opt or /usr/local and then add the directory containing its executables to your path.