Re: SW under /usr/local/
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 11:20:10PM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote:
> Quick question on administration:
>
> what exactly is the best way to deal with locally installed software
> from source under the /usr/local/ or /opt/ tree?
>
> I use GNU stow, but never actually saw anyone suggesting this to be
> *the* method. How do you guys best deal with this?
>
> Comments anyone?
>
> Regards
> Sven
> --
> Have you rebooted your NT box today?
It's really up to you. We run Solaris at work, and usually all
3rd party Solaris packages will install under /opt. However,
when we install packages from the net, like perl, vim, etc, they
generally are installed under /usr/local. I haven't seen much
of a use for /opt under linux, but opinions vary ;)
Mike
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Michael Merten
System Support Engineer
Raytheon Technical Services Company
Joint Readiness Training Center
Fort Polk, Louisiana
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