[mythtv-users] Moving myth from /usr/local to /usr

[Jon Boehm]

On the flip side once a package is installed in /usr/local/ is  
supersedes a package in /usr, especially its supporting libraries.

As an example, when I first built my box I built lirc because the  
Ubuntu package did not have udp support.  Now I'm stuck because the  
Ubuntu package is more advanced and I have no defined way to remove  
the /usr/local package.  Please tell me I'm wrong and that removing  
an /usr/local package is simple.

Thanks,
Jon

On Jun 12, 2007, at 11:48 PM, Bill Williamson wrote:

>
> On 6/13/07, Jon Boehm <boehm100 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using a home compiled version of .20-fixed.  The Ubuntu package  
> uses
> /usr and the make process for myth defaults to /usr/local.  Right  
> now I have
> two version of myth installed.  Everything is behaving correctly  
> but I would
> prefer to only have one version installed.
>
> The apt-get remove method sound dangerous because to will remove my  
> config
> files and /etc/init.d/mythbackend.  I would rather uninstall myth from
> /usr/local and reinstall it over the ubuntu packages in /usr.  Any
> instruction for how to uninstall myth?
>
>
> In general this is a horrible idea.  You should NOT move your hand- 
> compiled files into /usr unless you also package them.  This is the  
> entire reason that /usr/local exists.
>
>
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