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<para>This is a simplistic package management technique that does not need a <para>This is a simplistic package management technique that does not need a
special program to manage the packages. Each package is installed in a special program to manage the packages. Each package is installed in a
separate directory. For example, package foo-1.1 is installed in separate directory. For example, package foo-1.1 is installed in
<filename class='directory'>/usr/pkg/foo-1.1</filename> <filename class='directory'>/opt/foo-1.1</filename>
and a symlink is made from <filename>/usr/pkg/foo</filename> to and a symlink is made from <filename>/opt/foo</filename> to
<filename class='directory'>/usr/pkg/foo-1.1</filename>. When <filename class='directory'>/opt/foo-1.1</filename>. When
a new version foo-1.2 comes along, it is installed in a new version foo-1.2 comes along, it is installed in
<filename class='directory'>/usr/pkg/foo-1.2</filename> and the previous <filename class='directory'>/opt/foo-1.2</filename> and the previous
symlink is replaced by a symlink to the new version.</para> symlink is replaced by a symlink to the new version.</para>
<para>Environment variables such as <envar>PATH</envar>, <para>Environment variables such as <envar>PATH</envar>,
<envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar>, <envar>MANPATH</envar>, <envar>MANPATH</envar>, <envar>INFOPATH</envar>,
<envar>INFOPATH</envar> and <envar>CPPFLAGS</envar> need to be expanded to <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar>, <envar>CPPFLAGS</envar>,
include <filename>/usr/pkg/foo</filename>. If you install more than a few packages, <envar>LDFLAGS</envar>, and the configuration file
this scheme becomes unmanageable.</para> <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> may need to be expanded to
include the corresponding subdirectories in
<filename class='directory'>/opt/foo-x.y</filename>.</para>
<para>
This scheme is used by the BLFS book to install some very large
packages to make it easier to upgrade them. If you install more
than a few packages, this scheme becomes unmanageable. And some
packages (for example Linux API headers and Glibc) may not work well
with this scheme.
<emphasis role='bold'>Never use this scheme system-wide.</emphasis>
</para>
</sect3> </sect3>
<sect3> <sect3>