On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 06:33:57PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
In my experience, /opt and /usr/local have slightly different functions. /opt would be used for vendor applications, etc., whereas /usr/local would be used for locally built tools, etc.
Adobe Acrobat and VMWare both install to /usr/local. Should they be in /opt or are there further considerations...
What does /opt stand for? "Optional"? "Options?"
What does /var stand for?
Depends on how you want to administer your system.
opt = optional var = variable
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/
Also in debian-policy package.
.......................paul
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