Original von Oubipaw$
Thats where It defaulted to install
it installs by default in the home directory of the user you are building it as (though this can be changed AFAIK). but you shouldn't be running as root to begin with.
Original von Oubipaw$
Cant get packages, not out, I'm using red hat 8,
Rejoice: ftp://apt.unl.edu/apt/8.0/RPMS/
and perhaps consider using a distribution that is a more friendly environment to what you are trying to do?