"The /usr/local directory is where locally compiled applications install to by default – this prevents them from mucking up the rest of the system."
So when I run "default configure" - which is pretty much standard way to get from zipped source to executable -
why do some options specify "prefix=/usr" and others "prefix= /usr/local"?
What is the benefit of specifying / using "/usr/local" when it is a default?
Or do I have to analyze the "configure" file supplied by source to make sure there is no "double dipping" as far as specifying the prefix?
I understand the "prefix" is not only used by /usr .
In my case I would like to make another folders to identify different versions of the package - such as "prefix =/usr/local/BLUEZ-5.50"
Perhaps I am going to make it too complicated....
So when I run "default configure" - which is pretty much standard way to get from zipped source to executable -
why do some options specify "prefix=/usr" and others "prefix= /usr/local"?
What is the benefit of specifying / using "/usr/local" when it is a default?
Or do I have to analyze the "configure" file supplied by source to make sure there is no "double dipping" as far as specifying the prefix?
I understand the "prefix" is not only used by /usr .
In my case I would like to make another folders to identify different versions of the package - such as "prefix =/usr/local/BLUEZ-5.50"
Perhaps I am going to make it too complicated....