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Old 08-25-2005, 03:49 AM   #1
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rpm installation path


what directory are RPM's installed in? i really want to keep my filesystem under control and have all programs installed in the same directory. if i install something from source, what directory should i put it in to keep it with the other installed software?
 
Old 08-25-2005, 04:11 AM   #2
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rpm's are installed anywhere. the contents of them is. and those content go to all the standard locations all over your system, depending on wether they are configuration files, libraries, executables, documentation etc...

often RPM software will go under /usr/ (/usr/bin /usr/share /usr/lib...) whereas source installs will tend to go to /usr/local (/usr/local/bin/...) but this is generally not important, and just tends to serve as a distinction between officially distributed pacakges and ones you installed yourself.
 
Old 08-25-2005, 04:37 PM   #3
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You do get oddballs though. DosboxFE, the GUI front end to dosbox insisted upon being installed in /opt/kde3/dosbosfe.
 
  


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