[NTLUG:Discuss] Where is a good place for downloaded applications?

[n franco]

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N.
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--- MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com> wrote:
> At 06:34 AM 12/18/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Where is a good place for downloaded applications?
> >More specifically where would I unpack something
> like,
> >Adobe Acrobat for everyday use?
> 
> Adobe comes with an install doesn't it?
> 
> Usually, when you download something it will have an
> install process that 
> will put it somewhere and usually you can specify
> where that is, if you 
> choose to do so.  Leaving it the default is often
> easiest and most 
> reliable.  If you are downloading precompiled
> binaries, be warned that is 
> not always safe, watch were they come from.
> 
> If you are choosing a location where to install, it
> really doesn't matter, 
> as long as it is in your $PATH (echo $PATH to see
> what you have now) or you 
> update your $PATH (usually in a .rc file in your
> home directory depending 
> on your shell) or you call it with a complete path
> (~/installed/binary or 
> /home/user/installed/binary).  The most common place
> to install stuff is 
> usually in the /usr/local directory, where there is
> bin/, sbin/, lib/, 
> include/, man/, etc/, ... and they are the equiv of
> their counterparts in 
> the root (/) directory.
> 
> 
> >Thanks
> >N. Franco
> >
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