Local Software Installs For Fun & Profit
Posted in General on June 7th, 2010 by srhuston – Be the first to commentAs a systems administrator, I maintain a department full of computers for many users. But as with anything else, people’s needs and tastes in software are all different. In some cases, I can install multiple types of programs for anyone who asks, but some might be more difficult (relying on newer – or older – versions of software which needs to be installed as-is for the system to run properly). Because of that, and because of my own laziness in not wanting to always install every software package in the same /usr/local dumping ground (which quickly becomes polluted) I came up with a method which works well and is usable on just about any UNIX-type system for anything. If you run such a system, and are interested, read on for a lesson in local installs.
