Where to Place sources

[Gabriel2010]

Hello
When downloading a program/software in Linux, where should the sources be placed into? /tmp? or where they're intended to go, say /usr/local or /usr?
A lot of the programs install themselves where they are tarred, so this varies from software.
Thanks!

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[sleipnir214]

It would vary from system to system.

On my system, I have lots of space in the /home directory, so I have a folder /home/sources. I've found that most source tarballs some with install systems, and that few will install where they reside. But then, I'm running more Linux servers than Linux workstations.



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