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<H2><A NAME="finalsteps"></A> <A NAME="s8">8. Final Steps</A></H2>
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<P>Read the software package documentation to determine whether certain
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environmental variables need setting (in <CODE>.bashrc</CODE>
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or <CODE>.cshrc</CODE>) and
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if the <CODE>.Xdefaults</CODE> and <CODE>.Xresources</CODE> files need customizing.
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<P>There may be an applications default file, usually named <CODE>Xfoo.ad</CODE>
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in the original Xfoo distribution. If so, edit the Xfoo.ad file to
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customize it for your machine, then rename (<B>mv</B>) it Xfoo
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and install it in the <CODE>/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults</CODE> directory,
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<EM>as root</EM>. Failure to do this may cause the software to behave
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strangely or even refuse to run.
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<P>Most software packages come with one or more preformatted man
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pages. <EM>As root</EM>, copy the Xfoo.man file to the appropriate
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<CODE>/usr/man</CODE>, <CODE>/usr/local/man</CODE>, or <CODE>/usr/X11R6/man</CODE>
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directory (<CODE>man1</CODE> - <CODE>man9</CODE>), and rename it accordingly.
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For example, if Xfoo.man ends up in /usr/man/man4, it should be
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renamed Xfoo.4 (mv Xfoo.man Xfoo.4). By convention, user commands go
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in <CODE>man1</CODE>, games in <CODE>man6</CODE>, and administration packages in
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<CODE>man8</CODE> (see the <EM>man docs</EM> for more details). Of course,
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you may deviate from this on your own system, if you like.
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<P>A few packages will not install the binaries in the appropriate system
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directories, that is, they are missing the <EM>install</EM> option in the
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<CODE>Makefile</CODE>. Should this be the case, you can install the binaries
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manually by copying the binaries to the appropriate system directory,
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<CODE>/usr/bin</CODE>, <CODE>/usr/local/bin</CODE> or <CODE>/usr/X11R6/bin</CODE>,
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<EM>as root</EM>, of course. Note that <CODE>/usr/local/bin</CODE> is
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the preferred directory for binaries that are not part of the Linux
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distribution's base install.
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<P>Some or all of the above procedures should, in most cases, be handled
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automatically by a <B>make install</B>, and possibly a <B>make
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install.man</B> or <B>make install_man</B>. If so, the <CODE>README</CODE>
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or <CODE>INSTALL</CODE> doc file will specify this.
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