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Originally Posted by Rustylinux
Where is the "proper" (for lack of a better word) place to untar or
unzip an archive? I've been downloading to /tmp and then ungzip /taring them into subdirectories under /tmp/.
I configure, make, make install,and then just sit tight until the files that aren't being accessed get dumped from /tmp. Is this the right way or should I put them under/usr/local?
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Usually anything I compile from source is kept in /usr/local/src as /tmp can be cleaned or wiped from time to time on most systems, hence the reason it's called tmp, for temporary files.
In most cases, /usr/local/src is for applications for all users and /usr/src is for programs just for root. But it's your machine, there's nothing saying you do is wrong, it's just a matter of preferences and opinion really.
