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Do I have to be root and/or install into /usr?

April 26, 2017install usr

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Do I have to be root and/or install into /usr?

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No. You can install to and run orca from nearly anywhere you want, including directories owned by you. When you run ./configure, you can pass it a prefix that points to some other location (e.g., –prefix=$HOME/orca). If you do this, you need to define PYTHONPATH to point to the new lib/python2.4/site-packages directory (e.g., PYTHONPATH=$HOME/orca/lib/python2.4/site-packages). You can then run orca from this new location (e.g., $HOME/orca/bin/orca). NOTE: if you are using Python 2.5, you may need to adjust the PYTHONPATH accordingly.