New to Linux (kinda) I'm wanting to set up my system for building from source. I have read that packages built from source should go into /usr/local/src. However, I have also seen on other forums some people prefer to store such packages in their home folder, saying they prefer them to be completely isolated. I was hoping for some more input on this issue. Where to store binaries, source packages, libararies etc.. Thank you.
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Suggestion: don't do that, unless you lack admin rights. Software management is much easier if you make a package in the way that your distribution normally does and install that – Fox Jul 01 '17 at 16:00
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Possible duplicate of Where should I put software I compile myself? – Kusalananda Jul 01 '17 at 17:58
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I would recommend using your distribution's package manager if possible, simply because once you start installing a lot of stuff from source keeping up updates, dependencies, etc. becomes kind of a pain... and yes, I did a LFS system...
That said, when I ran Slackware I always installed "everything" from the discs and then anything extra I wanted I would configure to be put in /opt/softwarename-version (ie, ./configure --prefix=/opt/foo-1.3.2)
It really doesn't matter where you install things, AS LONG AS you can easily add the libraries, binaries, etc locations to the relevant environment variables like $PATH and in /etc/ld.so.conf
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Yes, I don't plan to install many things from source, only really if I need too. And to just tinker around a bit so I could learn. It's on a RPi and I do backups, so it's not so much a bother of something goes wrong. Thanks for the info – m147 Jul 02 '17 at 03:59