Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!ames!elroy!ucla-cs!uci-ics!zola.ics.uci.edu!schmidt From: schmidt@zola.ics.uci.edu (Doug Schmidt) Newsgroups: gnu.config Subject: Re: Where to install gnu stuff in the file system? Message-ID: <12714@paris.ics.uci.edu> Date: 26 Apr 89 06:07:41 GMT References: Sender: news@paris.ics.uci.edu Reply-To: Doug Schmidt Distribution: gnu Organization: University of California at Irvine: ICS Dept. Lines: 26 In article ham@polya.Stanford.EDU (Peter R. Ham) writes: ++ ++ Is there a standard place to install gnu stuff in a ++ Unix file system? Maybe it doesn't matter, but there ++ must be some places that are more maintainable than others. ++ I'm planning to install stuff in /usr/local/src/gnu ++ like /usr/local/src/gnu/gcc etc. ++ ++ Does this make sens? Where do other people put this stuff? ++ ++ Peter At UCI we created /usr/gnu for this purpose. All the binaries go in there. In the case of gcc and g++ it is potentially useful to place the support files (gcc-cc1, gcc-cpp, gcc-c++, gcc-ld++, etc.) in a *common* subdirectory inside /usr/gnu. This way they can share the common files easily (without links). Putting things in /usr/local/bin/gnu/gcc/src/etc/.... gets to be a pain to type after a while, though aliases certainly help out! Doug -- On a clear day, under blue skies, there is no need to seek. And asking about Buddha +------------------------+ Is like proclaiming innocence, | schmidt@ics.uci.edu | With loot in your pocket. | office: (714) 856-4043 |