/usr/local or /opt ?

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Published on 2010-03-21T17:23:42Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 18:11 UTC
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Hi Guys,

How do you generally proceed for your package installations on Linux, for packages that are not part of your distrib's repos?

On my side I am used to install in /opt. But since, I saw this doc on the Internet: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/. Now I am confused: apparently /usr/local would be also a possibility.

What is the difference between both? Any best practices to share?

Thanks

SirFabel

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/usr/local or /opt ?

Posted by SirFabel on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by SirFabel
Published on 2010-03-21T17:23:42Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 17:31 UTC
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Hi Guys,

How do you generally proceed for your package installations on Linux, for packages that are not part of your distrib's repos?

On my side I am used to install in /opt. But since, I saw this doc on the Internet: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/. Now I am confused: apparently /usr/local would be also a possibility.

What is the difference between both? Any best practices to share?

Thanks

SirFabel

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