On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 10:32 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 22/02/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > I intend to install Synce on FC6 to sync my Dell Axim x50v with > > > Kontact. I'm installing via tarballs as the rpms are two years out of > > > date. To where should I install the tarballs? Opt? Etc? Anywhere else? > > > Thanks. > > > > > I normally use the /usr/local tree. > > > > /usr/local already has stuff in it, and I'd like to keep the > tarball-installed stuff separate from the yum-installed stuff. > Actually, I was thinking about using /opt. My main concern is > dependancies: if a yum installed package needs package foo-1.0 and I > install a tarball that wants foo-0.9 then I want to be able to install > foo-0.9 in /opt with the tarballed stuff. > > Dotan Cohen Well both /opt and /usr/local could both we argued to be the place to do this. In one sense /opt is for optional added packages so it should be ok but be sure you change the default PATH variable to include the appropriate /opt bin directories. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
