[Yum] installroot question

[Curtis Higgins]

OK, so it depends on the package rather than the package manager.  Is there
a way to modify, or handle packages in a way that will let me specify where
they are installed?

Thanks

On Dec 16, 2007 7:39 PM, Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 16, 2007 8:30 PM, Curtis Higgins <higgincc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'd like to use yum to install some programs to /usr/local rather than
> /usr.
>
> This depends on if the packages were built in such a way as to be
> relocatable, and/or where they place files on the system.
>
> > It seems to me that I would need to use the command:
> > yum installroot=/usr/local install xmms
>
> Not really. This will treat /usr/local/ as the base directory, (for
> example creating a chroot) so you'd end up with /usr/local/usr/bin/foo
> etc.
>
>
>
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