On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 08:02 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 10:32 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > On 22/02/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > > I intend to install Synce on FC6 to sync my Dell Axim x50v with > > > > Kontact. I'm installing via tarballs as the rpms are two years out of > > > > date. To where should I install the tarballs? Opt? Etc? Anywhere else? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > I normally use the /usr/local tree. > > > > > > > /usr/local already has stuff in it, and I'd like to keep the > > tarball-installed stuff separate from the yum-installed stuff. > > Actually, I was thinking about using /opt. My main concern is > > dependancies: if a yum installed package needs package foo-1.0 and I > > install a tarball that wants foo-0.9 then I want to be able to install > > foo-0.9 in /opt with the tarballed stuff. > > > > Dotan Cohen > Well both /opt and /usr/local could both we argued to be the place to do > this. In one sense /opt is for optional added packages so it should be > ok but be sure you change the default PATH variable to include the > appropriate /opt bin directories. Ah, the good ole Caldera days! :) Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
