Configuring additional packages

[Scot L. Harris]

On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 17:45, John Dangler wrote:
> I have had to download sources for httpd, php, etc for my existing FC2
> installation (originally installed from .iso).  I noticed that the
> executable for httpd is currently installed in /usr/sbin, and the modules
> are currently installed in /usr/lib/httpd.  Is it safe to configure httpd to
> be installed in the same paths as the original, or is it more advisable to
> begin using /usr/local for these (and other added packages) and clean up the
> existing entries afterward?
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> JD
> 
> 

I install http, php, postgresql etc in the /usr/local directories and
have removed the rpms for those.  I actually removed the rpms of those
packages prior to final installation of the tar balls.

I want to go back and see if checkinstall can be used to generate RPMs
for those packages.  If possible I would then use those rpms to install
the packages on other systems.  

I always wondered why they changed the install locations of various
packages.


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