LinuxUnixLayout

It would be nice if the installation layout under Unix/Linux wold be more conform to FHS. This would make it easier to create packages (deb, rpm, ...)

This is now possible by following the steps, described under

https://svn.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/trunk/Src/Delivery/scripts/unix/README.unix

File layout

/usr/bin

• estudio
• ec
• build
• finish_freezing
• vision2_tour

/usr/lib/eiffelstudio

• library
• part of studio/spec

/usr/share/eiffelstudio

• build (except spec)
• docs
• eifinit
• examples
• studio (except some stuff)
• vision2_tour (except spec)
• precomp

/usr/include/eiffelstudio

• studio/spec/XX/include

Unneeded

• wizards
• install

Misc

• free_add_ons move into examples

Environment variables

At the moment eiffelstudio needs some environment variables set up to work correctly:

• ISE_EIFFEL
• ISE_PLATFORM
• PATH

With a default layout it would be possible to hardcode default values into the compiled binary, which would be used as fallback if the environment variable is not defined.

Resources

• Filesystem Hierarchy Standard http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
• Debian file system hierarchy http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html