Where to install progs for all users?

toddlongfellow · 12-29-2007, 04:56 PM

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!

MoonMind · 12-29-2007, 05:01 PM

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.

reddazz · 12-30-2007, 12:09 AM

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