On 2/27/09, Phil Schaffner <Philip.R.Schaffner at nasa.gov> wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: >> (b) If I need to download the tar.gz file and install from that, it >> looks from their documentation that they install into >> /opt/MonitorSoftware Is it better to install into /usr/local or >> into /opt? What is the recommendation for a CentOS box, when >> installing non RPM software? Where best to install non RPM stuff? TIA! > > I prefer /usr/local and that seems to be more common, but either should > work. As for tarball installs - to be avoided if possible Phil: Thank you. /usr/local if I need to install tarballs. Which I avoid, if possible! - there's > always checkinstall. > > Name : checkinstall > Arch : i386 > Version: 1.6.0 > Release: 3.el5.rf > Size : 82 k > Repo : rpmforge > Summary: CheckInstall installations tracker > Description: > CheckInstall keeps track of all the files created or modified by your > installation script ("make install" "make install_modules", "setup", > etc), builds a standard binary package and installs it in your system > giving you the ability to uninstall it with your distribution's > standard package management utilities. Wow. Thank you! I will install Checkinstall, in a few minutes. We have fresh Colombian coffee in the kitchen. Colombian Beer is also very good. We are *big* fans of the Space Shuttle program. Lanny