untared directories

[Etienne de Bary <edebary club-internet fr>]

okay but after installing i still have the original directory,
in /home/root, i still have the compressed archive too
actually, can i delete these ?


>(Now switching to english because I haven't spoken or written
>french in 8 years :-), if by a .tar.gz app you mean something you've
>compiled yourself, they usually go under the appropriate directory
>in /usr/local (in fact, GNU autoconf will put that as a default in the
>configure script). So utilities would go to /usr/local/bin, libraries in
>/usr/local/lib, if you'd compiled Window Maker it would
>presumably go in /usr/local/share/WindowMaker.
>On the other hand for compressed binaries (e.g. Star Office), you'd
>have to create a directory (mkdir <application name>) under /opt,
>as the /opt tree is specifically meant for binary-only applications.
>There might be a few nuances I've missed, but this is the FHS
>standard as described in my system's online documentation.
>Adding things to your Panel menu is just a matter of figuring out
>the executable name for your app and adding it to the menu using
>the menu editor.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Mart van de Wege

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