Hi. On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 03:26:48PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Reco writes: > > Or, in this particular case, follow "good old" > > configure-make-make_install pattern. > > Nothing wrong with that as long as you install in /usr/local and realize > that you may have to recompile after an upgrade.
You install any library in /usr/local/lib, run ldconfig and every binary will start searching libraries there first. That can always lead to funny results. Binaries are more or less safe if installed that way. Reco
