Where do I put install files?

[AWebDesign]

I am fixing to install Apache on my 166 to use as a little web server. Where should I unzip the files to? Does it matter? Do I need to keep them after I install (./configure, make, make install, etc) apache? Is this the same with other programs?
Thanks,

Aaron

[A_Lawn_GNOME]

"make install" puts them where the default dir is or where you told it to in the configuration. At least, that's what it SHOULD do.

[Strike]

I keep them all in my ~/src directory, just because that is my biggest partition pretty much. A common place to put them is in /usr/local/src, though.

[AWebDesign]

Thanks Strike,

Thats where I put em, but I was just making sure.

Thanks,

Aaron