On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Galen Seitz wrote:
Over the years this issue repeats on the slackware mail list or linuxquestions. Purists say all executables should go in /usr and custom-built, company-specific applications should be installed in /usr/local. Yet, applications such as google-earth and jgnash install by default in /opt. To me it's similar to asking if you keep your wallet in the left or right pocket of you pants.Stuff you build yourself generally goes in /usr/local, and third-party applications generally go in /opt.
I think this is the most widespead interpretation. Red Hat installs its non-standard packages (the Software Collections) in /opt/rh. It's true in the land of Solaris clones like OmniOS; third-party software goes into /opt. Even on my Macs, third-party package distributor MacPorts installs into /opt.
-- Paul Heinlein [email protected] 45°38' N, 122°6' W
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