Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of faq/install-software-on-shared-server

Timestamp:

Nov 17, 2007, 6:30:18 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Ross

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faq/install-software-on-shared-server

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 But!  On a shared server, the system-wide locations for software are locked down, and you can't put new tools there.  This is to provide a stable, reliable environment for everyone using the server: if anyone could add or update any tool on the system, you wouldn't be able to trust that your web server would keep running the same way it does now.
 
-So those last two steps need to change; you need to installing the software to a location that you have permission to write to.  You can use the `--prefix` option to most configure scripts to declare this.  A common choice is to install the software to a common subdirectory of your home directory.  In this example, the user will install the `fubar` package to the `sw` subdirectory of their home directory.  So that would make those last two steps look like this:
+So those last two steps need to change; you need to install the software to a location that you have permission to write to.  You can use the `--prefix` option to most configure scripts to declare this.  A common choice is to install the software to a common subdirectory of your home directory.  In this example, the user will install the `fubar` package to the `sw` subdirectory of their home directory.  So that would make those last two steps look like this:
 
  * build the package: