Yesterday I downloaded and installed Mozilla 1.6. It works perfectly and I'm pleased so far. The program currently resides in my home directory. I have the feeling (don't know why) that this isn't a good idea. So my newbie question: is there a specific directory where programs such as Mozilla should be stored after installation? Something tells me that there is some kind of convention or protocol in Linux as to where folders from new installations should reside. I would appreciate knowing if this is true, and why it might be true. Rem
On Thursday 29 January 2004 18.37, Rem P Roberti wrote:
Yesterday I downloaded and installed Mozilla 1.6. It works perfectly and I'm pleased so far. The program currently resides in my home directory. I have the feeling (don't know why) that this isn't a good idea.
It all depends. If it's a single user machine, or a multi user machine but you're only installing for yourself, then $HOME is an excellent idea.
So my newbie question: is there a specific directory where programs such as Mozilla should be stored after installation? Something tells me that there is some kind of convention or protocol in Linux as to where folders from new installations should reside. I would appreciate knowing if this is true, and why it might be true.
There is a standard called the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) which you can find at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ It says, briefly, that if you're installing software that doesn't come from your OS vendor, then you should install it in either /opt or /usr/local The main reason for this is to ease upgrades. An upgrade is free, according to the standard, to totally erase any directories except /home, /opt, /srv and /usr/local
On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:43, Anders Johansson wrote:
There is a standard called the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) which you can find at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
It says, briefly, that if you're installing software that doesn't come from your OS vendor, then you should install it in either /opt or /usr/local
The main reason for this is to ease upgrades. An upgrade is free, according to the standard, to totally erase any directories except /home, /opt, /srv and /usr/local
This is a great summary of the FHS, at least the most interesting part. Thanks for posting it. Don Henson
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:43:38 +0100
Anders Johansson
It says, briefly, that if you're installing software that doesn't come from your OS vendor, then you should install it in either /opt or /usr/local
To elaborate on that, usually for small programs and programs that you don't expect to have multiple versions one should install them in /usr/local. For larger programs and systems of programs (such as KDE or Gnome), one should install them in /opt. Charles -- "...Unix, MS-DOS, and Windows NT (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)." (By Matt Welsh)
Anders Johansson wrote:
There is a standard called the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) which you can find at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
It says, briefly, that if you're installing software that doesn't come from your OS vendor, then you should install it in either /opt or /usr/local
The main reason for this is to ease upgrades. An upgrade is free, according to the standard, to totally erase any directories except /home, /opt, /srv and /usr/local
Charles Philip Chan wrote:
To elaborate on that, usually for small programs and programs that you don't expect to have multiple versions one should install them in /usr/local. For larger programs and systems of programs (such as KDE or Gnome), one should install them in /opt.
This is a great list, and I appreciate the information. For those of us that spent years with the other OS, the Linux learning curve can be a bit of a challenge. This list goes a long way toward easing the burden. Thanks. Rem
Rem P Roberti
Yesterday I downloaded and installed Mozilla 1.6. It works perfectly and I'm pleased so far. The program currently resides in my home directory. I have the feeling (don't know why) that this isn't a good idea
FYI: You won't have these weird feelings if you install Mozilla from ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/mozilla -- A.M.
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