I have just downloaded eclipse for php dev's and after extracting it from the archive I discovered that it has no installer since I'm guessing that ~/Downloads/ is not where Programmes potentially shared by all users are supposed to end up. Is it good practice to mv the whole folder into /usr/share/Eclipse/ and symlink it's executable in /usr/share/applications so Ubuntu realizes that Eclipse is installed?
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David Foerster
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No there is no such "good practice". Look at the unpacked files and see if there's a README or INSTALL file containing installation instructions for this particular product. These instructions won't work for other software packages. The only "good practice" I can suggest is to read ALL the text files in the unpacked directory (use file * to check).
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