Install to your own custom path? /opt ... /local ... /myfolder ... etc. Add the path to your user's $PATH. If you are familiar with linux this isn't really much harder to do. If it is a library that you are then compiling against it does get a bit more difficult, of course, but it is only a good thing to become familiar with these things. If you are ok with "polluting" your path, you can install each new binary + libs to its own custom path. You simply delete the folder in the future when you no longer need it anymore.