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user home directories..
do my install.. clean out the leftovers from install
cause most if you use tarballs will auto install to the correct directories.. so no need to clutter /usr/src or /usr ever..
I download to ~/desktop/Tars, extract to a subfolder in the same directory then configure, make, and su make install from that subfolder and I keep my make file for make uninstall purposes.
I have a 'files' directory under each users' ~. In there I have docs and progs, and I d/l stuff to progs. I would use /usr/src if I was the only one using my machine, but I also have my housemate (a CS student) occasionally log into my Linux box, and having lots of files with different owners in one directory would make things confusing.
Originally posted by glock19 ...download and compile your source?
Me, I download to /usr/src and compile it there also.
How about you?
To add my weird ways. I like to download everything into it's appropriate category in my ~/downloads folder which obviously contains a tree with many dirs for updates, misc, music etc..
As for my source, I created a /builds directory containing different compiled programs and source that is easy to get to instead od /usr/local/src (for me that is), then I just let things install, which usually means into /usr/local anyhow. So, is that silliness or what?
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