where to put source

[Seth Hasani]

On 2/6/07, John Dangler <jdangler at atlantic.net> wrote:
> I guess I'll ask this once more -
> I've downloaded the source of a package that I want to build a .deb for
> and submit to Ubuntu for possible inclusion in the repo's.
>
> Searching for how this process works in various distro's, I've
> seen /opt, /usr/local/src, and ~/packages/project_name as places to
> build from.
>
> Does any one here know which is the preferred location?

AFAIK there is no such preferred location, only personal preference.
Where Ubuntu/Debian exert their preference is in where those packages
are installed to. For example debs shouldn't install files under
/usr/local by default and perl modules shouldnt install under /bin
etc.

There are preferred locations for this kind of stuff but for just
unpacking the source to hack around and create a new package, you can
put that wherever.

Check out the Debian New Maintainers Guide, its still the best source
for this kind of info:
     http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/

Seth

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