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[Duane Malcolm <d.malcolm AT auckland.ac.nz>]

Hi all,

This is from the INSTALL file xephem, an astronomical program. I would 
like some advice on where the files in 3b.2 should go. Currently, they 
are put into /etc/xephem. But I thought they should go into 
/usr/share/xephem, since they include help and galeries.

Cheers, Duane.


3) Installing XEphem for multiple users (requires root permission) (skip 
if installing just for yourself):

3b.1 Copy the executable where everyone can find it:

$ cp xephem /usr/bin                    # or where ever

3b.2 Create a directory for system-wide read-only files to be shared by 
all XEphem users and fill with the defaults included in this kit:

$ mkdir /usr/local/xephem               # or where ever
$ cp -R auxil /usr/local/xephem         # copy auxil dir and contents
$ cp -R catalogs /usr/local/xephem      # copy catalogs dir and contents
$ cp -R fifos /usr/local/xephem         # copy fifos dir and contents
$ cp -R fits /usr/local/xephem          # copy fits dir and contents
$ cp -R help /usr/local/xephem          # copy help files
$ cp -R gallery /usr/local/xephem       # copy gallery images


3b.3 Do the same as step 3a.3 above but create the new file in a place 
where all X programs will look for their resources, such as

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XEphem  # typical for linux and freebsd