pete@iris49.biosym.COM (Pete Ware) (06/01/91)
I've long been installing all of X under /usr/local/X11 and using
symlinks to handle the include files and libraries:
example# cd /usr/include; ln -s ../local/X11/include X11
example# cd /usr/local/lib; ln -s ../X11/lib/lib* .
and then add /usr/local/X11/man to the MANPATH environment variable.
New OS installations only need to have the /usr/include/X11 symlink
set up -- everything is isolated under /usr/local.[1] All the above
is, of course, dependent on have a Unix system with symlinks and linkers
that look in /usr/local/lib as well as a decent version of man.
I've never, ever seen such a large software system that can be as
easily configured to work in different places.
[1] Actually, I've started using /etc/X11 to store system
specific files such as xdm config files since /usr/local is shared.
--pete
Pete Ware / Biosym / San Diego CA / (619) 546-5532
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