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On Saturday 27 November 2004 4:13 pm, Rob Beard wrote:
Where am I supposed to put applications?
Packages have their own locations set in the package itself. You can see a list by using commands like rpm -ql or dpkg -L - each type of program file is installed in privileged folders for that kind of data. As you're on Mandrake, use the command: man rpm to make sure you have the right options - it's been a while since I used any RPM based distribution. In most cases, the files are installed in a parent directory using the name of the program as the subdirectory. The parent depends on the type of file: Binaries: /usr/bin Documentation: /usr/share/ Configuration: /etc/ Runtime: /var and a few others.
Windows is easy with it's 'Program Files' folder,
False sense of security. Program Files is a misnomer - only a fraction of the program files go there - the most troublesome program files are .dll's installed in the system folders - and all the config goes into the dumpster called Registry. If you delete the Program Files sub folder for application X, you only remove a portion of the installed program - you prevent yourself running the program but large parts are still present.
but on Linux, I never know where the right place to put things are?
When you install using a package, the locations are pre-set. In effect, until you start writing your own code, you hardly need to know where the right places are. When you install from a source tarball and compile the program, it can be configured. Generally, if you don't specify it, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/share etc. That's the general method but programs like Mozilla, like lots of platform-independent stuff, may use their own methods.
I've got Mozilla Thunderbird on a Linux Magazine cover CD, its a slightly older version but it saves me a download for now. The file is a tar.gz file, and when I open it I get a folder with a load of files in, but no obvious installation script.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/releases/ Extract the compressed archive and run thunderbird If not, check with the magazine for the cover CD.
Could anyone suggest a good place to copy the files to?
You probably don't need to copy them anywhere manually. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk/ http://www.dclug.org.uk/ http://www.isbn.org.uk/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/isbnsearch/ http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3
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