[NTLUG:Discuss] Where is a good place for downloaded applications?

[MadHat]

At 08:52 AM 12/18/2001 -0800, Courtney Grimland wrote:
> > The most common place to install stuff is
> > usually in the /usr/local directory, where there is
> > bin/, sbin/, lib/, include/, man/, etc/, ... and
> > they are the equiv of their counterparts in
> > the root (/) directory.
> >
>
>Just a couple of pennies from me:
>
>I personaly don't use the /usr/local subdirectory (it
>doesn't even exist on my filesystem.)  I haven't
>figured out what would go there that can't go in /usr.
>  There's the same bin/, sbin/, lib/, include/, etc.
>
>The only thing that I could think of might be a
>central application/account server of some sort that
>would want to distinguish between things for remote
>users and things for local users, but that's such a
>blurry line that it doesn't make much sense to me
>either.

well, the PDF passed on by lee explain it well, but includes /opt, which I 
don't like, but use on my Solaris.  The idea is that /usr/local is used for 
local installs, not OS specific.  SO if I upgrade or reinstall I don't 
overwrite the stuff I added in /usr/local
also, I have found it is easier to manage.  less stuff in one location 
easier to manage the files.  It is all personal opinion really.

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