[NTLUG:Discuss] Where is a good place for downloaded applications?

[MadHat]

At 06:34 AM 12/18/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Where is a good place for downloaded applications?
>More specifically where would I unpack something like,
>Adobe Acrobat for everyday use?

Adobe comes with an install doesn't it?

Usually, when you download something it will have an install process that 
will put it somewhere and usually you can specify where that is, if you 
choose to do so.  Leaving it the default is often easiest and most 
reliable.  If you are downloading precompiled binaries, be warned that is 
not always safe, watch were they come from.

If you are choosing a location where to install, it really doesn't matter, 
as long as it is in your $PATH (echo $PATH to see what you have now) or you 
update your $PATH (usually in a .rc file in your home directory depending 
on your shell) or you call it with a complete path (~/installed/binary or 
/home/user/installed/binary).  The most common place to install stuff is 
usually in the /usr/local directory, where there is bin/, sbin/, lib/, 
include/, man/, etc/, ... and they are the equiv of their counterparts in 
the root (/) directory.


>Thanks
>N. Franco
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