I have an open-source Perl/Tk app (http://www.lightandmatter.com/ogr/ogr.html) that doesn't really care where you put it, but I'm finally getting around to writing a proper ``make install'' that will put it someplace reasonable. To complicate things, I've switched from Linux to FreeBSD recently, so I don't have access to a Linux system to test this on. Where is the right place to install such an application on Linux? I'm thinking that all my modules should go in their own subdirectory somewhere under /usr/local/.../, and I should create a symbolic link from, say, /usr/local/bin/opengrade (the name of my app) to the main module. Does this sound right? What should the subdirectory of /usr/local be? Should I be looking at any environment variables in order to choose where to put the stuff? Once I set it up, is there anyone who would be willing to test my makefile for me on a Linux machine?

My program doesn't use any XS or anything, so really the installation is pretty simple. I realize that most perl applications use Makemaker and Makefile.PL, but I'm trying to avoid learning it :-)

TIA!

In reply to where to install Perl apps on Linux? by bcrowell2

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