On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:35:32 -0600
Carlos Santana wrote:
> Comments inline:
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Neil Aggarwal
> wrote:
> > Carlos:
> >
> >> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages
> >
> > I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local
> > so they are i
Robert Heller wrote:
> At Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:51:27 -0600 CentOS mailing list
> wrote:
>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to
>> media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source
>> in the /var/tmp directory and then doing config
Carlos Santana wrote:
>
>>> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages
>> I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local
>> so they are isolated from each other.
>>
>
> You mean /usr/local or /usr/local/src ?
> I would create new directory under /usr/local/src and put source
At Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:51:27 -0600 CentOS mailing list
wrote:
>
> Howdy,
>
> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to
> media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source
> in the /var/tmp directory and then doing configure-make-install
> process.
Comments inline:
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Carlos:
>
>> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages
>
> I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local
> so they are isolated from each other.
>
You mean /usr/local or /usr/local/src ?
I would crea
Carlos Santana wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to
> media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source
> in the /var/tmp directory and then doing configure-make-install
> process. I am not sure of best practice (good practices
Carlos:
> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages
I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local
so they are isolated from each other.
You can also use KVM to set up virtual machines to be
able to test and then drop the entire VM if you don't
like it. That will keep you
Carlos Santana wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to
> media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source
> in the /var/tmp directory and then doing configure-make-install
> process. I am not sure of best practice (good practices
Howdy,
I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to
media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source
in the /var/tmp directory and then doing configure-make-install
process. I am not sure of best practice (good practices) to be
followed when installing a
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