correct tar.gz instllation directory

[z0mbix]

I know the steps to install a tarball, but I would like to know the best place to unpack it. I've read some where /usr/src and somewhere else /opt and others also. Is there one place I should install them?

Thanks :D

[bdg1983]

Some just use their home directory. I just have a /download directory and put everything I download or plan to install in there.

[stevebj]

One of the best things that I've heard was to keep the in /usr/local/<site-name>

Place them in a directory of the site you obtained them from...

i.e. /usr/local/download/ftp.metalab.edu/
/usr/local/download/ftp.redhat.com/

:cool:

[X_console]

It's actually more of a preference than a convention. I usually store all of my downloaded packages in /usr/packages, all my patches in /usr/patches.