Juli-Manel Merino Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi everybody, > > Which is the proper place to uncompress and compile source code that > will be installed on /usr/local without any deb? It's /usr/src or > /usr/local/src?
Your home directory. Configure, compile and check as yourself and install as root. > For example, any program that I download from internet in .tar.gz file > where should be uncompressed to follow debian policy (one of the two > directories said above)? Put the tarballs in /usr/local/src if you want them to be generally available; in your home directory if not. Uncompressing and building shouldn't really be done in /usr/local/src IMO. > Just an example, the linux kernel... I have never used the debian > packages and I have always used a .tar.gz. But where should I place > it? Will it work under /usr/local/src? The kernel-source package installs a tarball in /usr/src. I wouldn't mess with /usr/src myself and stick with /usr/local/src instead. -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
