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[ben@xxxxxxxxx (Ben Rosenberg)]

I tend to put certain things in /usr/local like GNU software and
commercial software goes in /opt. I guess this stems from my years of
Solaris use. Solaris usually puts new software packages in /opt so I
just got use to it...it's what /opt is for or so I am told.

just my 0.02

"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
> 
> "Ian M. Moore" wrote:
> 
> > genz1968@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > >       where you guys installing new programs that your download off the net?
> > >I would like to keep mine in one area, but haven't a clue where is a good
> > >place.
> >
> > I usually put my new stuff in /opt which is on it's own partition.
> 
> Why do you use /opt rather than /local?  If you use /local for something else,
> how do you distinguish between stuff that goes in /local and stuff that goes in
> /opt?


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