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Re: Final release [message #17041 is a reply to message #17037] Sat, 26 July 2008 12:24 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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luzr wrote on Sat, 26 July 2008 11:39

BTW, I do not want to be to picky and certainly it is OK for this release, BUT should not we install into /usr/local in the future?

Mirek



No, it is not allowed for .deb packages. BSD installs non-core packages there. Not Debian/Ubuntu or any Linux I know.

/usr/local is reserved for manual installs (from source), like when you need python2.2 and it is no longer in the repository.

Normally in Unix /opt is meant for third-party application packages. It is the closest to Windows' Program Files.
Solaris does it that way, SuSE/Novell to some extend AFAIK. But Debian ignores its existance. Stuff installed there won't even show up in the menu by default. I don't know if Ubuntu is different, suspect not.
 
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