On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:00:37 +0900 "lain." <lain@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is how I have set it up: > /usr/bin = systemwide binaries > /usr/lib = systemwide libraries > ~/.local/bin = user binaries > ~/.local/lib = user libraries > > I don't really like to use /usr/local/* on Linux, because it's not as > portable as just /usr. > I use it only in FreeBSD and OpenBSD, simply because it's the default > behavior there. > > If you compile from source (includes AUR): > ./configure --prefix="~/.local" > make DESTDIR="~/.local" install > > If directly from the pacman repo's: > pacman -S android-ndk -r ~/.local -b /var/lib/pacman > The one downside of that is that it'll install for example > "android-tools" under ~/.local/usr/bin rather than ~/.local/bin though, > but with a bit of manual labor, you can correct that. > > Then in your .bashrc or .zshrc: > export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH > > This way you can install multiple versions of software, and binaries in > ~/.local will take preference over those in /usr, and you can always > just run /usr/bin/whatever if you want to run the systemwide version > instead. And none of them are likely to work. It'll have no way to find it's libraries or other resources. You CANNOT use pacman for something like this.