On Tuesday 15 March 2005 09:50, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >>>>> "MAP" == Michael A Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> writes: > > MAP> There's a new commercial Adobe Acrobat reader - screenshots look > MAP> like gtk2 > > MAP> > ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/AdobeReader_enu-7.0.0- >1.i386.rpm > > Great, another packager that thinks it's OK to put things in > /usr/local. What are your thoughts on where it should be placed? According to the File system Hierarchy Standard 2.3 (http://www.pathname.com/fhs) it seems there are 2 possibilities: /usr/local : Local hierarchy Purpose The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when installing software locally. It needs to be safe from being overwritten when the system software is updated. It may be used for programs and data that are shareable amongst a group of hosts, but not found in /usr. Locally installed software must be placed within /usr/local rather than /usr unless it is being installed to replace or upgrade software in /usr. =============== I have read that in olden times /usr/local was intended for locally developed software. The above just says locally installed as opposed to being part of the OS distribution. or =============== /opt : Add-on application software packages Purpose /opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software packages. A package to be installed in /opt must locate its static files in a separate /opt/<package> or /opt/<provider> directory tree, where <package> is a name that describes the software package and <provider> is the provider's LANANA registered name. -- Paul Almquist paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Eau Claire, WI USA
