[Info-vax] Where to locate software

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In article <njbo8i$rm8$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
>On 2016-06-08 23:18:47 +0000, Paul Richards said:
>
>> I'm running OpenVMS 8.4 on FreeAXP and am a comparative newbie. So, a 
>> noob question: I am planning to install some of the HP Open-source 
>> software and Freeware.
>> 
>> For those applications which don't automatically install where should I 
>> locate them such that I can run them from any directory?
>
>Welcome!
>
>I'm one of the resident curmudgeons, and deal with more than few 
>packages and tools, and have worked with more than a few open source 
>packages on OpenVMS.  And I use a mix of operating systems beyond 
>OpenVMS and Windows.
>
>This is an excellent question!   That's something most folks arriving 
>from competently-designed systems might wonder, too.

???

That leaves El Crapitan out in the cold. ;)



>Alas...
>
>That you even have to ask this question points to a hole in the 
>available documentation and resources.

It's a hole in user's ability to RTFM.



>Worse, OpenVMS itself has no idea how to do this and provides 
>absolutely no guidance, and neither HPE nor VSI has stated any plans 
>around draining this particular swamp.   VSI has come the closest here, 
>with some very general discussions about maybe adding some support for 
>containers in some future release.
>
>In short...  Have at.  It's a free-for-all.

Just like Lunix/Unix?



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