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Hi, hope this isn't a gnu faq or a mispost, apologies if it is.
(Please ignore the background if the question makes sense)

Question
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Is there a standard directory structure to be used with Gnu project
stuff?  Where do I change names, put links, binaries, manpages?

Background
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	As the GNU project produces more and more good stuff, I, as
the _de_facto_ `manager' of our DECstation 2100 become more and more
impressed.  None of our (biochemical) research group is particularly
up to speed on un*x workstation computing and maintenance, and it has
fallen to me (the least able biochemist :-) to perform most of the
installation.

	However, although the documentation accompanying most of the
stuff is great, even to a novice like me, I would appreciate not
having to edit paths.h type files all the time. I'm usually very happy
to install stuff where the authors recommend. I usually make symbolic
links from /usr/local/bin to the binary produced inside the folder
created by the tar procedure, and rename the latter to exclude the
version number.  Any advice on suggested reading will be greatly
appreciated.  Thanks for your time and sorry for the bandwidth...

					...John Woods
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