This step assumes that the user is logged in as root user on the desktop. If you are currently logged in as a non-privileged
user and are more familiar with dirview than with the mkdir and cd shell commands, you should log out and log back in as root user before performing these steps.
Before creating a software distribution directory, you will need to decide its location on the system. The standard location
for storing a software distribution directory is in a subdirectory of /usr/dist. For example, a distribution containing Desktop Special Edition 1.1 might be placed in the directory /usr/dist/desktop_special_ed_1.1.
This page documents the following tasks involved in creating a software distribution directory. The Desktop Special Edition 1.1 CD will be used as an example in all of the following: