Meena - Hotmail wrote:

> I extracted the rpm files in a local directory and copied the firebird
> folder in a linux server as i want to install remotely. By default the
> Rootdirectory is /opt /...
> I would like to know if and how i change it to any other directory other
> than OPT?
>
> I don't know much about linux servers.

AFAIK, the easiest way is to get the source and configure with

--prefix=/whatever/you/want

Then use some tool like "checkinstall" to build .rpm

This way I installed FB2.0 on some really old and outdated systems.

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