Saving in Linux

Where to save what?

[IcedCardeo]

Ok, I really do understand there could be a million different answers in this question, but bare with me :)

I was just wondering, when I download programs off of the net, where do I save them to install them? Also, am I under the write assumption that EVERYTHING I save should be in my /home/icedcardeo directory?

[SeanW]

Source code I generally build out of /usr/local/src. Software you download from the net generally doesn't get saved for long after you install it.

If I'm downloading a binary package, I generally save to /tmp before installing and deleting.

Sean

[MattyMoose]

I usually try to split things up a little...

In my home dir, I have:

/home/moose/Documents/Personal
/home/moose/Documents/Work
/home/moose/Documents/Scrap
/home/moose/Downloads/Personal
/home/moose/Downloads/Work
/home/moose/Downloads/System

Any docs I have to save, I put in their respective dirs in Documents, and ny downloads I may have, I put them in Downloads. (Scrap is for temporary scripts or any notes I make).

For applications that other admins may need to re-compile or re-install, I usually put them in /usr/local/src since FreeBSD tends to keep kernel sources in /usr/src ;).

-MM