Question of the day -- helpful for newbies?

[Duston, Hal]

Bradley,

My understanding is that you should put things you 
are adding to your system in /usr/local.  That 
directory should _never_ be touched by your distribution.  
_If_ you are using your distribution's package/upgrade/
install system that doesn't apply, but if you are 
installing from source or placing binaries without using 
your distribution's package system you should use 
/usr/local.  If you don't do this, when you upgrade 
other stuff later on your distribution, it could mess 
up the stuff you are doing now.  I hope that is clearer 
than it sound.

Hal Duston
hdusto01 at sprintspectrum.com

Bradley Miller [bradmiller at dslonramp.com] wrote:
> 
> Question of the day:   Where should you run/install/put files 
> you are adding to your system????  
> 
> I've been fighting some install woes on a new RAQ4 box I 
> have.  I'm curious to see what's recommended, and WHERE 
> you are supposed to learn this info from ? ? ? 
> 
> -- Bradley Miller