How to install a program only for a user

[Jeff Vian]

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 19:17 +0530, Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> How can one install a program just for the user and not system wide?
> 
> I tried googling, may be I messed up with my phrasing of the question, I  
> did not come by any useful information.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paramehswara Bhat
> 
put the executable in $HOME/bin, or anywhere else in the users home
directory tree as long as the path is properly set or the entire path is
used to call it.