29 Jan
2004
29 Jan
'04
19:08
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:43:38 +0100 Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net> wrote:
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)