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Re: [MiNT] Where should a user put GEM apps

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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Where should a user put GEM apps
From: Thomas Jürges <thomas@sokrates.homelinux.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:56:58 -0700
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On 2011-01-10 06:44, Paul Wratt wrote:
> At the end of the day it is only an installation point for software
> from packages, what users do with it after that is up to them (ie I
> extract directly from RPM packages to locations of my choice)

Extracting directly from RPM packages to locations of your choice does
not always work.  There are RPMs out there which cannot be relocated
because config files or libraries from that RPM are expected to be in
the installation path.  This mostly happens when applications were built
with autotools.  :-(

Cheers,
	T.
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References:
- Re: [MiNT] Where should a user put GEM apps
  - From: "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>
- Re: [MiNT] Where should a user put GEM apps
  - From: David Gálvez <dgalvez75@gmail.com>
- Re: [MiNT] Where should a user put GEM apps
  - From: Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>

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