Changeset b5ea3492 for introduction/important/beyond.xml

Timestamp:

03/21/2004 07:27:22 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Tushar Teredesai <tushar@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, v5_1, v5_1-pre1, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

cc265e51

Parents:

f53f1b3c

Message:

The march to lfs-bootscripts begins

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@1906 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• introduction/important/beyond.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/important/beyond.xml

@@ -9 +9 @@
 </para>
 
-<para>If you are installing a package in a non-standard prefix, <xref
-linkend="appendices-generic"/> checklist will be helpful if the
-package does not work as expected.</para>
+<para>When you want to install a package to a location other than
+<filename class='directory'>/</filename>, or <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you are installing
+outside the default environment settings on most machines.  The following
+examples should assist you in determining how to correct this situation.
+The examples cover the complete range of settings that may need
+updating, but they are not all needed in every situation.</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Expand the <envar>PATH</envar> to include
+<filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/bin</filename>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Expand the <envar>PATH</envar> for root to include
+<filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/sbin</filename>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/lib</filename>
+to <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> or expand
+<envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar> to include it. Before using the latter option,
+check out <ulink url="http://www.visi.com/~barr/ldpath.html"/>. If you
+modify <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> remember to update
+<filename>/etc/ld.so.cache</filename> by executing <command>ldconfig</command>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/man</filename>
+to <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename> or expand <envar>MANPATH</envar>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Add <filename class='directory'>$PREFIX/info</filename>
+to <envar>INFOPATH</envar>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Add <filename
+class='directory'>$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig</filename> to
+<envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Add <filename
+class='directory'>$PREFIX/include</filename> to <envar>CPPFLAGS</envar> when compiling packages
+that depend on the package you installed.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
 
 <para>If you are in search of a package that is not in the book, the following