On Wednesday 16 September 2020 13:22:43 greg via tde-users wrote: > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 12:36 PM, William Morder via tde-users <ml-migration-agent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wednesday 16 September 2020 12:22:05 deloptes via tde-users wrote: > > > J Leslie Turriff via tde-users wrote: > > > > Correct. But for some reason I can't imagine, I linked the wrong > > > > thing. > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > I missed this thread, but why don't you build a simple debian package? > > > If it were to be installed in custom directory, I found out that a kind > > > of isolation is the best approach. > > > I use /opt/custom and compile/install in /opt/custom/<application> > > > Then I add to the global or users PATH /opt/custom/<application>/bin > > > I also found out that creating /opt/custom/<application> and chown to a > > > users and compiling/installing with that user prevents from broken > > > installers. The method never failed, although in recent years I have > > > reduced the applications there to absolute minimum in favor to debian > > > packages. > > > > I was thinking of doing this myself, but I obviously am not really a tech > > person, compared to most of the other folks on this mailing list. > > > > > > Funny thing, though, people out in the "real world" (you know the place) > > often eem to imagine that I am a blackhat cracker who can bring down the > > government with a few command-line tricks. (I have no such illusions.) > > > > > > Once I get the steps for installation from source packages in order, I > > wanted to create deb packages, at least for myself. It would be nice to > > get them hosted somewhere, as I dislike having to use source packages -- > > although I know some geeky friends who swear by this method over using > > deb, rpm, yum or other packages. > > > > > > So, if I follow what you say, installing to /opt/custom/ instead > > of /usr/lib/ ? > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Web mail archive available at > > https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydes > >ktop.org > > what I know today. > > "opt" is used by third party applications. my "opt' contains: > /usr/lib/ is where firefox gets installed. I installed there, because I used firefox as my model. However, since I already know that it can be installed in, and run from, the home folder (though it's not a good idea), then I don't see a problem with using /opt/custom/ as the location for the icecat folder. > master-pdf-editor-5/, openoffice4/ , trinity/. . > I'm wondering where you got openoffice4, as I've searched high and low for it; source packages only, but I suppose I could deal with it once more. > "/usr/local" is used by me to manage my system. there is > > a "usr/local/src". "usr/local/bin", "/usr/local/bin" is already in PATH Thanks for your comments. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
