What dir. should Jython be installed in?

Gerhard Häring gerhard.haering at gmx.de
Mon Oct 14 13:17:05 EDT 2002


Adams-Blake Co. wrote in comp.lang.python:
> The Jython 2.1 installer seems to want to put Jython in the directory that 
> it was downloaded in. 
> 
> Being new to Linux (Mandrake 8.2) I'm wondering if I should be in root for 
> this install and if I should put it in /usr/lib or someplase other than a 
> home sub-directory.

It doesn't really matter much, but conventional places to put software
like JDKs, Jython, etc. are /opt and /usr/local. My Jython
installation, for example is in /usr/local/jython-2.1.

-- Gerhard



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