newbie - installing non-packaged software

From: Dan (dan_at_no.spam.com)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 01:34:43 -0400

I am very new to solaris, and I am trying to learn the system as I go. I
am not sure where to put installed software. Silly question? yes , yes
it is. here is my reasoning. I come from a heavy BSD background with a
tad of linux to through in the mix. In the case that I were either
installing software from source, or just not from any specific package
management system, I would do the following.

example. I just downloaded mozilla-sparc 1.8a (Yes i am aware this is
considered unstable). In a BSD or linux system, i would immediately
through the mozilla dir to /usr/local/mozilla/. Looking at the solaris
file system layout, I dont see a /usr/local/. I could just go and make
it, but the wouldn't help me learn how to do things the way Sun thinks
they should be done.

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