file locations (was:the problem with Linux?)

Thu Apr 8 13:47:14 UTC 2004

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 07:23:14PM -0400, gabriel wrote:
> where does kde go in debian?  'cause everything you mentioned is the same on 
> my box (gentoo) but kde is stored in /usr/kde and all it's files are under 
> there (/usr/kde/share/ etc.)  seems kinda dumb to me.  same goes with 
> X11: /usr/X11R6/

X does for compatibility reasons (and probably for being such a huge
thing) go in /usr/X11R6 with its own man, lib and such under it.  kde is
not special, and simply installs in /usr/share, /usr/lib, etc as it
should.

Lennart Sorensen
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