At 12:36 PM +0200 4/30/03, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
>hi guys,
>
>i recall a conversation here, where someone advised not to install 
>packages as root... how can i handle this, as directories where 
>installed software and information is stored are usually owned by 
>root? (/usr/pkg, /usr/pkgsrc, /usr/X11R6/, var db) i think that 
>changing owner / write permissions for all these isn't good idea... 
>any hints/advices?

As long as you do the install as a user with "su" privileges, the 
packages system will do the compiling without being root, and it will 
ask you for the password to "su" for the installation phase.

HTH
Mike
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