Install locations according to LSB: http://www.freestandards.org/docs/lsbbook/install-app.html For dvd-slideshow > 0.8.1, we'll install into this location: /opt/dvd-slideshow/bin (linked to from /usr/local/bin?) /opt/dvd-slideshow/share/man /opt/dvd-slideshow/share/doc /etc/opt/dvd-slideshow/ /var/opt/dvd-slideshow/ system administrator may add links from /opt/bin to the /opt/dvd-slideshow/bin I figure we'll have to add a link from /usr/local/bin to /opt/dvd-slideshow/bin/ also... ############################# old install instructions: First, you'll need all of the required packages in order to create and burn a dvd: ImageMagick > 5.5.4 Sox > 14 libsox-fmt-all (deb only?) dvdauthor > 0.6.11 lame [required for mp3 decoding] oggdec [required for ogg decoding] mkisofs dvdrtools [to actually burn dvds] ffmpeg > 0.4.8 [ for ac3 audio ] In order to install the dvd-slideshow package, you can copy the executables into a bin directory in your path. Man pages are provided in man/ and there are also some documents in the doc/ directory. OR You can execute (as root): sh install.sh This will simply do the following: ## install some files and such: # copy documentation: cp man/dvd-slideshow.1 /usr/local/man/man1/. cp man/dvd-menu.1 /usr/local/man/man1/. cp man/dir2slideshow.1 /usr/local/man/man1/. cp man/gallery1-to-slideshow.1 /usr/local/man/man1/. cp man/jigl2slideshow.1 /usr/local/man/man1/. # copy executables: cp dvd-slideshow /usr/bin/. cp dvd-menu /usr/bin/. cp gallery1-to-slideshow /usr/bin/. cp jigl2slideshow /usr/bin/. cp dir2slideshow /usr/bin/. remove old versions: if [ -r "/usr/bin/gallery2slideshow" ] ; then echo "Removing old gallery2slideshow and installing gallery1-to-slideshow instead" echo "See changelog for details." rm "/usr/bin/gallery2slideshow" rm "/usr/local/man/man1/gallery2slideshow.1" fi Please let me know if you have any recommendations or if you are having problems. -scott scott at dylewski dot com