Hello,
What is the standard --prefix of openSUSE? I need to install a couple of engineering applications that are not available as openSUSE 11.2 packages hence I have to install them using the sources.
I think openSUSE doesn’t follow the “standard” of other Linux distributions which use the --prefix=/usr/local.
Apparently openSUSE installs into --prefix=/usr.
I that correct?
openSUSE doesn’t set this prefix on your packages. You do when you run ./configure. /usr/local is a good place to put local packages. Another possibility is /opt.
Hi
For openSUSE (as in packaging) it’s /usr unless your compiling for kde
(/opt) then there are some sourcing possibilities for the common kde
options which can be set via /etc/opt/kde{n}/common_options.
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Yes, but for locally compiled packages it’s better not to use the distro’s prefix, otherwise this makes it harder to upgrade; you have to identify all the stuff you mixed into the distro’s standard directories.
thank you for the confirmation!
I figures out that it’s /usr but wasn’t sure. I can’t install some engineering applications into /usr/local since it caused many issues regarding libraries that are not found. To avoid that trouble I wanted clarity regarding openSUSE’s structure.
Thanks!