[Kst] http://omega.astro.utoronto.ca/kst/: ./configure --prefix=/usr vs. FHS

[George Staikos]

On Thursday 29 April 2004 23:59, Christian Wolfgang Hujer wrote:
> Dear editors of the kst page,
>
> I have read your installation instructions for kst.
> According to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, locally compiled packages
> go into the /usr/local tree for not being accidently overwritten during
> system updates.
> /usr/local works fine on Mandrake and RedHat as well as on SuSE Linux,
> Debian, *BSD and many others.
> I suggest you change your installation instructions accordingly.
>
> Thank you for your cool program, kst.

  KDE apps should be installed in a "KDEDIR", which is typically /opt/kde3 
or /usr, and rarely /usr/local.  While it may not be "ideal", it helps to 
avoid problems.

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George Staikos
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