[lazarus] Lazarus and GTK and Free Pascal Snapshot RPM install
Peter Vreman
pfv at cooldown.demon.nl
Thu May 13 17:38:16 EDT 1999
> > >Next will be FCL placed in /usr/lib/0.99.10 with snapshot dependancy.
> > >
> > >Last will be lazarus placed in /usr/lib/lazarus with dependancies of
> > >snapshot GTK and FCL
> >
> > lazarus is not a lib, using /usr/lib is not correct, how
> > about /usr/src ?
>
> /usr/local/xxx is a better place then /usr/xxx btw. I also don't like this about
> the normal FPC distribution.
>
> Packages NOT in the linux distribution (in my case Redhat) go to /usr/local
> and below. Since SUSE packages FPC, the SUSE RPM should install it
> to /usr/lib. This is btw a normal unix convention.
>
> If I want to do a fresh install of redhat, I simply backup /usr/local/* and put it
> back after a fresh install, and I only have to adapt some symlinks. (and if
> I put /usr/local/bin in the path not even that)
We deliver a package so you only need to save the package. In /usr/local
you should place all things not installed with a package
Peter
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