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Re: Lzo configure failure.
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Brian Sammon |
Subject: |
Re: Lzo configure failure. |
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Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:29:37 -0500 |
> > Actually libraries such as the LZO one belong in /usr/lib not
> > usr/local/lib (Note my correct spelling.) that might be most of
> > his/your problems.
>
> It is interesting when this changed. In the past, the standard location for
> add-on packages were always /usr/local, even with GNU/Linux.
I don't really think it has. As I've understood it, the convention is that
libraries that are installed from the distribution go in /usr/lib, and
libraries that are installed from source or from external archives of binary
packages should go in /usr/local/lib/.
The FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLOCALLOCALHIERARCHY)
while
a little vague on a few points[1], seems to support my understanding.
[1] Since they aren't defined in the spec, there may be some disagreement
about what "locally installed" or "software" means.