Re: Simplifying package installation.

["Tony Taylor (ISD)" <tonyt ptialaska net>]

Would the libraries be locatable, though?  Or would there have to be
some LD_LIBRARY_PATH kludge?

Also, this would put files all over the place; ~/etc, ~/bin, ~/lib,
etc.  Is this wise to do in a user's directory?  (As a sysadmin for 500
Unix users, I'd reflexively say, "No.")

						- Tony

bob@cs.csoft.net wrote:
> 
> I think with rpm you can specify a different directory to the rpm
> databases. Also, combined with portable rpms, it should work right now.
> Just point the rpm database to one in your home directory, and set the
> root of the package to your home directory.