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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] eventually: the sbin merge
On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 12:16:43PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Le 05/04/2024 à 14:29, Hendrik Boom via Dng a écrit :
> > Very strict, but not strict enough.
> > Sometimes third-party packages are designed to install entirely in /usr/local
> > to avoid conflicts with the distro.
> > Of course that can be a problem.
>
>     You mean software installable by the Debian's package manager (apt and
> the like) ?


Yes.

>
>     If the software is distributed as a source to be untared and built
> locally, then it /should/ insall to /usr/local


And that's where I install Racket.
I often need a more recent version of Racket than I find in the chimaera archives.
Racket has its own installer that politely asks where you want it installed.

-- hendrik