Hi; I have been using Red Hat and then Fedora for over 3 years. I am comfortable with installing *.tar.gz (configure, make and make install), rpm packages and yum packages. But I have to admit that my installation directory locations have been haphazard up to now. I would like to establish for myself some installation good practises. I have a /downloads directory to which all downloads are directed. My root path is: /usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin: /usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin My user path is: /usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin: /usr/X11R6/bin:/home/bill/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin: /home/bill/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts: I have a two machine home LAN How do the 'pros' go about organizing their application downloads and installation. For example, for downloaded rpm and *.tar.gz files I create a new folder /downloads/newapp and move the downloaded file there. I want to keep an original copy of the download. When I use the Archive Manager, where is the best place to put the opened package? /downloads/newapp; /tmp; /usr/local, What? Then when I install, where is the best place to install /usr/share or /usr/local or /usr/local/share or whatever. How about Fedora extra installs? Under Fedora 7 there will no longer be an extras repository, but from my (as a user) perspective there will be some applications that I may want to just try out etc. and not necessarily make part of my main system. How will ( or do I need to) separate out their installation? Is there other considerations, I haven't thought of? As I say, up to now it has been kind of a random system ( pardon the oxymoron ). I would like to regularize my new installations in a manner that others have found appropriate and/or convenient. All suggestions gratefully received. -- Regards Bill
