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[franklin97355]

On a desktop implementation of SUSE 10.0 as I download and install programs/files is there a standard place to put these or do I just put them in a floder and call it good? Also, does SUSE have a package manager like RPM or Deb or Apt that extracts programs and installs them or do I need to use the .configure / install routine? Thanks for the input, Steve

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[TonyGroves]

Suse uses rpm, which will install the programs properly for you.

 

[pansophic]

If you are unsure where to put binaries, it is generally acceptable to put them in /usr/local/bin if they should be accessible to all users. Source files are frequently unpacked and built in the /usr/local/src directory tree.

Individual users have a ~/bin directory that is in their path, so individuals should put their shell scripts and personal binaries there. It should already be in their path unless you changed the skeleton.

As far as data files are concerned, that is a personal decision.

And TonyGroves is correct, RPM is the package manager for SuSE.


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[flugh]

Check out 'man hier' for filesystem hierarchy info. It will help you get the 'big filesystem location' picture.

Also see 'yast' for Suse's system admin/config tool, with a module for package management.

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[franklin97355]

Thanks guys, That was the info I was looking for. I'll check the man page out tonight.

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[LawnBoy]

A problem is that the standard SuSE packages have been installed with YAST. If you use RPM to install something YAST won't know about it, and then each package manager is keeping it's own list of installed packages, which is a pain to administer. YAST will install an RPM file; I recommend that you do it this way so you only have one list of installed packages.

How to install an RPM with YAST? In KDE, I simply doubleclick any *.rpm file and YAST opens it.