In this file:
1. Installing software on facilitized SCS machines
2. Other depot tricks

INSTALLING SOFTWARE ON FACILITIZED SCS MACHINES
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1. Using source: this is the way I usually try to do it.

a. Create a local "install" directory that is writeable by you. On my
machine, I install stuff in /usr0/users/install/<application>

b. Go to the directory where you have downloaded the source. Run
configure with the --prefix option, e.g.
	  configure --prefix=/usr0/users/mahim/install/<application>
Some applications do not have an appropriate configure script; you can
probably get the same effect by modifying the Makefile.

c. As yourself (not root), follow the remaining compilation and
installation steps (usually 'make' followed by 'make install')

d. as root, add the following line to
/usr/local/depot/depot.pref.local:
	path <application>    /usr0/users/install/<application>

e. as root, run 'dosupdepot'

This should have created all the appropriate symlinks in
/usr/local/{bin,man,opt,share...}. Test by running your newly
installed program.

 
2. Using RPMs: not advisable. Most of the useful software installed on
these machines is not through RPMs, so the package database is
incomplete. Installing a new RPM turns up lots of false dependency
information which is very difficult to resolve. Also, if you
accidently over-write a critical library, lots of things can break.

If you do install an RPM, check if it is relocatable. If it is,
install into a non-system directory using the --prefix or --relocate
options) and use depot to create appropriate symlinks (as above).

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OTHER DEPOT TRICKS
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1. To install a particular version of some collection (e.g., 2.95.3
for gcc):
    collection.release 2.95.3 egcs

2. To install some software locally instead of making symlinks as
depot does by default:
   collection.installmethod copy egcs

See 'man depot.pref.local' for more details.