Software local installation

This page gives an example of a local installation of a software, i.e. a software that will be only available to yourself. For simplicity we assume here that the software you want to install is available as a single binary file. 

 To be executed from anywhere the binary must be placed in a directory contained in your PATH environment variable. We use here a directory called "bin" in your home directory: 

 $ mkdir ~/bin 

 Then, edit your ~/.bashrc file to add the newly created directory to your search path by adding this line: 

 export PATH=~/bin:$PATH 

 Then reload your .bashrc to take into account this change: 

 $ source ~/.bashrc 

 Now, you can simply copy your binary to ~/bin and it will be available from anywhere for execution: 

 $ cp /path/to/downloaded/my_binary ~/bin 

 Finally, make sure your binary is executable: 

 $ chmod +x ~/bin/my_binary